Pennsylvania Sees Another (Relatively) Strong Month in Residential Shopping Gains; PPL Continues Decline

Pennsylvania saw a second consecutive strong month in terms of statewide residential electric shopping growth during December, in the context of a post-polar vortex world, though PPL saw its second straight month of declining residential shopping

From late November 2015 to late December 2015 (reporting date varies slightly by utility), Pennsylvania saw a net increase of 7,250 accounts in the number of residential customers who were on competitive supply statewide, not far from November's growth of 8,400 accounts, which had been the highest monthly statewide growth since the start of 2014

The change in the number of residential customers on competitive supply at each utility from late November 2015 to late December 2015 was:

Duquesne Light        (812)
Met-Ed               1,371
PECO                 1,569
Penelec              2,213
Penn Power           1,507
PPL                   (802)
West Penn Power      2,218

For comparison, the change in the number of residential customers on competitive supply at each utility from late October 2015 to late November 2015 had been:

Duquesne Light        (190)
Met-Ed               1,008
PECO                 1,858
Penelec              1,121
Penn Power           1,665
PPL                   (404)
West Penn Power      3,393