PPL Sees First Growth in Residential Shopping Since Polar Vortex

PPL has seen its first weekly growth in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply since shortly after customers began feeling the impacts of the polar vortex, according to the June 30 shopping statistics from the Pennsylvania PUC.

Although PPL saw net residential shopping growth of only 44 customers during the most recent week, it's the first net growth that the utility has recorded since approximately the last week of February of this year (which had been the point at which customer returns to default service related to vortex-impacted late January and February bills began taking effect, due to the switching timeline).

For the most recent week (July 24 to July 30, with reporting date varying slightly by utility), statewide residential shopping growth actually slowed, with net growth of 560 residential accounts on competitive supply, versus growth of about 1,000 a week ago.

PECO and Duquesne Light continue to see weekly net declines in residential shopping.

Specifically, from about July 24 to July 30 (reporting date varies slightly by utility) the weekly change in the number of residential customers on competitive supply was:

Duquesne Light         (214)
Met-Ed                  497
PECO                   (819)
Penelec                 541
Penn Power               65
PPL                      44
West Penn Power         448

For comparison, from about July 17 to July 23 (reporting date varies slightly by utility) the weekly change in the number of residential customers on competitive supply was:

Duquesne Light         (227)
Met-Ed                  694
PECO                   (324)
Penelec                 540
Penn Power               51
PPL                    (404)
West Penn Power         650