Pennsylvania Sees 10th Consecutive Month Of Declining Aggregate Residential Customers on Competitive Supply

January 2018 marked the 10th consecutive month that Pennsylvania has seen an aggregate decline in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply

Statewide, from late December 2017 to late January 2018 (reporting date varies slightly by utility), Pennsylvania saw the aggregate number of electric customers on competitive supply decrease by over 8,900 accounts, versus a decline of 6,800 accounts from late November to late December.

Duquesne Light was the only large EDC to see an increase in the number of residential accounts on competitive supply from late December to late January, with an increase of nearly 300 accounts.

PPL, which had in December seen its first monthly decline in the number of residential accounts on competitive supply since April 2017, saw a second consecutive monthly decline, losing a net of nearly 1,400 residential accounts on competitive supply during January

The change in the number of residential customers on competitive supply at each large utility from late December 2017 to late January 2018 (reporting date varies slightly by utility) was:

Duquesne Light         279
Met-Ed              (1,614)
PECO                (2,853)
Penelec             (1,339)
Penn Power            (252)
PPL                 (1,375)
West Penn Power     (1,764)

For comparison, the change in the number of residential customers on competitive supply at each large utility from late November 2017 to late December 2017 (reporting date varies slightly by utility) had been:

Duquesne Light         (23)
Met-Ed              (1,172)
PECO                (1,345)
Penelec             (1,256)
Penn Power            (211)
PPL                 (1,863)
West Penn Power       (919)