Hope Springs Eternal: All Pennsylvania EDCs Actually See Weekly Growth in Residential Shopping

For the first time in April, all of the seven major electric distribution companies in Pennsylvania saw growth in the number of residential customers on competitive supply, according to the latest stats from the Pennsylvania PUC.

For the past three weeks, at least two EDCs each week had reported a backslide in residential shopping.

But the reprieve might be short-lived. Two of the EDCs -- PPL and West Penn Power -- saw negligible residential shopping growth of under 100 accounts, which barely outpaces the natural churn in customer move-outs and move-ins (the latter of which, by current tariff, must take default service)

Specifically, the weekly net growth (loss) in residential shoppers at each utility from about April 18 to April 24 (reporting date varies slightly by utility) was as follows:

Duquesne Light         332
Met-Ed               1,296
PECO                   682
Penelec                393
Penn Power             103
PPL                     13
West Penn Power         96

From about April 18 to April 24, the state, in aggregate, saw growth in residential shopping of only 2,900 accounts, essentially flat versus the week-ago growth of 2,800 accounts.

Link to PUC's 4/24/13 Weekly Migration Report

Matters has also developed a comparison of the migration levels from the 4/17/13 Report to the 4/24/13 Report.

Link to Matters' Comparison of Weekly Migration