New York Posts Electric Migration Data Through March 2012

The New York PSC has posted updated electric migration statistics, through March 2012.

The most recent previously available stats had been from September 2011.

Link to PSC Migration Data

Matters has also developed a comparison of the residential migration (by accounts) during the first three months of 2012:

Link to Comparison of Jan. 2012 - March 2012 Residential Migration

As of March 2012, 650,000 residential electric customers at Consolidated Edison were taking competitive supply, an increase of 8,250 residential shoppers versus the February 2012 total. For comparison, during February 2012, ConEd saw residential shopping grow by 9,900 accounts versus the January 2012 total.

The number of residential accounts on competitive electric supply at Niagara Mohawk as of March 2012 was 299,000, an increase of 5,200 versus February 2012.

The number of residential customers on competitive electric supply as of March 2012 at the remaining utilities is below (with the number in parentheses showing the change versus the February 2012 total).

Central Hudson:              25,344  (+1,527)
NYSEG:                      183,263    (+739)
Orange & Rockland:           71,818    (+400)
Rochester Gas & Electric:    82,836      (+3)

The percent of residential customers on competitive electric supply as of March 2012 was as follows:

Central Hudson:               10.0%
ConEd:                        23.2%
NiMo:                         20.1%
NYSEG:                        25.7%
Orange & Rockland:            37.1%
Rochester Gas & Electric:     25.3%