All Pennsylvania Utilities Now Seeing Decline in Residential Shopping (5,000 Shoppers Lost In Past Week)

All of the seven major Pennsylvania electric utilities saw a decline in residential shopping in the most recent week.

Specifically, from about March 13 to March 19 (reporting date varies slightly by utility) the weekly change in the number of residential customers on competitive supply was:

Duquesne Light         (603)
Met-Ed               (1,388)
PECO                   (303)
Penelec                (893)
Penn Power              (11)
PPL                    (244)
West Penn Power      (1,397)

In aggregate, the competitive electric market saw a net decline of 4,800 residential shopping customers during the most recent week.

For comparison, the weekly change in the number of residential customers on competitive supply from about March 6 to March 12 at each utility was:

Duquesne Light         (401)
Met-Ed                 (972)
PECO                   (497)
Penelec                (733)
Penn Power               77
PPL                      (5)
West Penn Power        (725)