The good news continues in Pennsylvania as more and more residents experience the benefits of competition. Less than a month after rate caps expired in the PPL Electric Utilities service territory in the northeastern and central part of the state, almost 20 percent of total customers have switched to alternative energy suppliers offering power at up to 10 percent off PPL Electric’s current default rate.
As of this week, 263,000 PPL customers have chosen alternative power suppliers. This number represents 218,000 residential customers and 45,000 commercial and industrial customers, and means 40 percent of the total electric load and 19 percent of the residential load is shopping. Observers expected customers to consider alternatives, but the rate of activity has “been a very dramatic, robust response,” according to Pennsylvania State Consumer Advocate Sonny Popowsky.