Residential Shopping Continuing to Decline at ComEd

Commonwealth Edison in Illinois has seen another month of declining residential migration, as expected with several municipal aggregations having recently returned customers to the utility.

According to the latest stats from the Illinois Commerce Commission, the number of residential customers on competitive electric supply at ComEd decreased by 20,000 accounts from June 30 to July 31, and now stands at 2.309 million customers.

This monthly loss follows a recent seesaw of shopping at ComEd, which had seen residential migration grow by 17,000 accounts during June, but fall by 17,000 during May.

In contrast, the Ameren territories continue to see residential migration growth, and saw a large spike at Ameren Rate Zone III during July.

Specifically, from June 30 to July 31, the increase in shopping at each Ameren rate zone was

Rate Zone I: 12,255

Rate Zone II: 3,209

Rate Zone III: 49,406

For comparison, the increase in shopping at each Ameren rate zone was as follows from May 31 to June 30:

Rate Zone I: 3,601

Rate Zone II: 2,991

Rate Zone III: 7,097