Electric Competition in Pennsylvania: Curtailable Customer Programs
September 28, 2015
Compared to past years, Pennsylvania shopping customers appeared more willing in 2014 to use curtailable programs offered by suppliers.
The 2014 Pennsylvania data shows that the use of both mandatory and voluntary programs grew substantially as compared to usage in 2013 and 2012. Mandatory curtailable programs has the most customer accounts 27,304 (81.57%) of 33,473. The residential class comprised 96.08% of the mandatory programs and 77.84% of the voluntary programs. The small, non-residential class have the most mandatory curtailable accounts, 894 (3.27%). The large, non-residential class had the most voluntary curtailable accounts, 705 (11.43%).
The data and the full Retail Choice Activity Reports, which discusses retail electricity choice activity trends in Pennsylvania, are available at https://www.puc.state.pa.us/utility_industry/electricity/retail_choice_activity_reports.aspx.
For more information contact Carl Shultz at cshultz@eckertseamans.com or Dan Clearfield at dclearfield@eckertseamans.com.
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Electric Competition in Pennsylvania: Curtailable Customer Programs
October 13, 2014
In Pennsylvania, small non-residential customers appear reluctant to use curtailable programs offered by suppliers.
The 2013 Pennsylvania data shows that mandatory and voluntary programs had 141 and 693 nonresidential customer accounts, respectively. The medium class had the most non-residential, voluntary, curtailable customer accounts with 444 (64%) of 693. By way of comparison, in 2012, mandatory and voluntary programs had two and three large non-residential customer accounts respectively.
The data and the full Retail Choice Activity Reports, which discusses retail electricity choice activity trends in Pennsylvania, are available at https://www.puc.state.pa.us/utility_industry/electricity/retail_choice_activity_reports.aspx.
This Eckert Seamans Energy and Utilities Blog is intended to keep readers current on matters affecting businesses and is not intended to be legal advice. If you have any questions about the content of this post, please contact Carl Shultz at (717) 255-3742; cshultz@eckertseamans.com.