First, fuck the feds pushing their agenda on states. If a state wants to try something let them fail/succeed so other states can see what's best, instead of thinking they are omniscient, let the market bear the truth.

Second, is this for rental buildings? It seems property rights get tricky once people are living on top of each other. If there is a condo board then that board should have control of who they can contract with. Yeah it sucks if your in the minority but you sign into that situation when you buy the place. Like a gated community that only allows one house color, then the government is forcing them to allow all colors when the reason you moved there is that particular set of rules... if it's rental and the landlord owns the infistructure between the street and your unit then I assume the landlord can contract with a single electricity company, but he's also have to take on the responsibility of maintaining it. You couldn't have wires going to every unit from the outside... You want to give consumers choice, but in this case it's the landlord that is the consumer, and rentals don't have full property rights/responsibilities. Like if I go to the dentist and they only have Colgate products should the government force them to have a selection? Competition still happens, but at the level of buildings not units. The government seizing control of private infrastructure that you've built yourself seems wrong, and if each unit is owned by the occupant then it should be up to the board, they may vote for block buying for cheaper prices. The only solution if this bill passes is the landlord charging more for maintaining internal wiring and interfacing with all the companies installing their services.

People are cynical that it's the GOP looking out for large corporations, but the bill was introduced by large corporations special interest groups, ie. Google(where you pay in unseen ways but people think it's free). There are no 'good guys' here, everyone is looking for profit.