Pennsylvania Sees Residential Electric Shopping Decline During December

While November saw Pennsylvania mark its highest monthly growth in residential electric shopping since February 2014, December saw residential electric shopping decline on a statewide basis

Statewide, Pennsylvania saw residential electric shopping increase by an aggregate of nearly 1,100 accounts from late November to late December (reporting date varies slightly by utility), versus growth of 8,800 accounts from late October to late November.

Driving the change were net declines in residential shopping at Penelec and West Penn Power (both of which have seen reliable, although uneven, growth for most months of 2016), as well as a near-doubling in the decline of residential shopping at PPL

The change in the number of residential customers on competitive supply at each utility from late November 2016 to late December 2016 (reporting date varies slightly by utility) was:

Duquesne Light        (194)
Met-Ed               2,564
PECO                 1,672
Penelec             (1,871)
Penn Power             619
PPL                 (2,012)
West Penn Power     (1,862)

For comparison, the change in the number of residential customers on competitive supply at each utility from late October 2016 to late November 2016 (reporting date varies slightly by utility) was:

Duquesne Light         (93)
Met-Ed               1,942
PECO                 2,662
Penelec              3,207
Penn Power             900
PPL                 (1,129)
West Penn Power      1,331