PECO, Penelec, West Penn Power Vie for Lead in Residential Migration Growth

Residential migration growth for the week topped 3,000 accounts at PECO, Penelec, and West Penn Power.

Link to 7/20/11 Weekly Migration Report

Matters has also compiled a comparison of the migration levels from the 7/20/11 Report versus the 7/13/11 Report, as well as comparing the rate of migration in each of the past two weeks.

Link to Matters' Comparison of Weekly Migration

At PECO, the net growth in residential migration during the most recent week (July 13 to July 19) was 3,934, up from 3,038 accounts a week ago and 2,894 in the week before that.

Penelec has seen weekly residential migration growth more than double in the past two weeks, with net growth of 3,506 new residential shoppers in the most recent week, 2,104 a week ago, and 1,501 two weeks ago.

West Penn Power continues to see weekly residential migration growth in excess of 3,000 accounts, with 3,139 for the most recent week, though down slightly from 3,700 in each of the prior two weeks.

At PPL, residential migration growth partially recovered from a lull during the prior week which included the July 4 holiday, and was 1,299 for the most recent week. That's still down from the 2,854 new residential shoppers in the week before the holiday.

Also notable is that, as a percent of residential customers migrated, Penn Power has officially hit the 20% threshold. PECO is at 19%, PPL is at 39.9%, and Duquesne Light is at 29.1%.