PPL Sees First Net Increase in Residential Shopping in Weeks

PPL Electric Utilities has seen a net increase in the number of residential customers on competitive supply for the first time since late January, according to the latest statistics from the Pennsylvania PUC.

Link to 2/29/12 Weekly Migration Report

Matters has also developed a comparison of the migration levels from the 2/22/12 Report to the 2/29/12 Report.

Link to Matters' Comparison of Weekly Migration

From February 19 to February 25, PPL saw the number of residential customers on competitive supply increase by 91 accounts. In the immediately prior week, PPL had seen a net decline of 363 residential customers on competitive supply.

The last known weekly increase in the number of residential customer on competitive supply at PPL had been the seven day period from January 15 to January 21, during which PPL saw the number residential customers on competitive supply increase by 47 accounts (note that PPL data was unavailable for the seven day period from January 22 to January 28, while for the 14 day period from January 22 to February 4, PPL experienced a net decline of 408 residential customers on competitive supply; it is not clear if one of the weeks in this 14 day period had a marginal increase in residential shopping that was masked by the impact of the other week).

The overall number of customers on competitive supply at PPL decreased by 25 accounts from February 19 to February 25, as a decline of 116 non-residential customers on competitive supply offset marginal gains in residential shopping.

At PECO, the number of residential customers on competitive supply increased by 2,200 accounts for the most recent week, which is even with the growth seen in each of the past two weeks.

Penelec saw residential migration to competitive supply grow by 4,100 accounts in the most recent week, versus growth of 4,900 accounts in the immediately prior week.

Met-Ed saw residential migration grow by 3,700 accounts in the most recent week, versus growth of 4,900 in the immediately prior week.

West Penn Power weekly residential migration growth was 1,200 accounts, versus growth of 1,550 accounts a week ago.

Duquesne Light saw residential migration grow by 1,300 accounts in the most recent week, versus growth of 1,450 in the immediately prior week.