New York Loses Over 270,000 Residential Customers On Competitive Supply During 2018

New York saw the number of residential customers on competitive supply decline by over 271,000 during 2018, versus the December 2017 total, with about 110,000 of the decline coming from electricity customers, and over 160,000 from natural gas customers.

The number of residential electric customers on competitive supply in New York was as follows as of December 31, 2018:

Electric
Residential
           Dec-18     Change     % Change
Accounts    Total    vs Dec-17   vs Dec-17
CHG&E      31,557     (2,426)     (7.1%)
ConEd     593,177    (58,310)     (9.0%)
NiMo      224,406    (19,055)     (7.8%)
NYSEG     127,308    (14,644)    (10.3%)
O&R        60,760     (5,854)     (8.8%)
RG&E       46,453     (8,244)    (15.1%)
Total   1,083,661   (108,533)          

As previously reported, the PSC ordered that ESCOs may no longer serve assistance program participant customers. The PSC had ordered that non-term customers were to be returned to default service within 30 days of the ESCOs receiving APP customer lists in late 2017. Furthermore, while ESCOs could continue serving APP customers with fixed or similar term contracts until such contract expiration, such customers would eventually be returned to default service over time as such contracts roll off.

As a percentage of accounts, New York residential electric migration was as follows as of December 2018:

Electric
Residential, Dec 2018
Central Hudson  12.0%
Con Edison      20.4%
NiMo            14.8%
NYSEG           16.5%
O&R             30.3%
RG&E            13.7%

As a percentage of accounts, New York electric migration for the non-residential SM & ST LGT classes was as follows as of December 2018:

Electric
SM & ST LGT, Dec 2018
Central Hudson  38.7%
Con Edison      29.1%
NiMo            37.9%
NYSEG           35.2%
O&R             44.4%
RG&E            41.8%

As a percentage of load, New York electric migration for the non-residential LG TOU classes was as follows as of December 2018:

Electric
LG TOU, Dec 2018
Central Hudson  89.5%
Con Edison      93.3%
NiMo            72.7%
NYSEG           91.7%
O&R              0.7% [*sic]
RG&E            91.6%

*As reported on PSC data

The number of residential natural gas customers on competitive supply in New York was as follows as of December 31, 2018:

Gas
Residential
         Dec-18     Change     % Change
Accounts  Total    vs Dec-17   vs Dec-17
CHG&E     6,432     (2,519)     (28.1%)
ConEd   110,291    (36,460)     (24.8%)
KEDLI    29,105     (8,725)     (23.1%)
KEDNY   156,280    (48,344)     (23.6%)
NFGD     60,492    (23,016)     (27.6%)
NiMo     83,518     (9,883)     (10.6%)
NYSEG    22,165    (12,133)     (35.4%)
O&R      35,260     (8,661)     (19.7%)
RG&E     29,670    (13,569)     (31.4%)
Total   533,213   (163,310)            

As a percentage of accounts, New York residential natural gas migration was as follows as of December 2018:

Gas
Residential, Dec 2018
Central Hudson   9.0%
Con Edison      11.7%
Keyspan LI       5.4%
Keyspan NY      13.2%
NFGD            12.0%
NiMo            14.5%
NYSEG            9.7%
O&R             28.3%
RG&E            10.1%

As a percentage of accounts, New York natural gas migration for the non-residential Small C&I classes was as follows as of December 2018:

Gas
Small C&I, Dec 2018
Central Hudson  25.3%
Con Edison      22.5%
Keyspan LI      25.0%
Keyspan NY      27.5%
NFGD            38.0%
NiMo            33.5%
NYSEG           28.6%
O&R             38.2%
RG&E            34.2%

As a percentage of load, New York natural gas migration for the non-residential LG Transport classes was as follows as of December 2018:

Gas
LG Transport, Dec 2018
Central Hudson  52.0%
Con Edison      97.4%
Keyspan LI      96.3%
Keyspan NY      64.7%
NFGD           100.0%
NiMo           100.0%
NYSEG           97.3%
O&R            100.0%
RG&E           100.0%

See the New York Dec. 2018 migration charts at the links below:

Electric

Gas