Power Shopping in United Illuminating Territory Continues Upward Trend

At the mid-year point in 2010, electric power shopping in the United Illuminating service territory continues its strong upward trend. This trend is expected to continue through the remainder of the year as more residents and businesses look for alternatives to beating UI’s costly standard service (default) rates.

From January 2010 to June 2010, MWh load served by competitive suppliers increased from 269,640 to 343,156 (a 27% increase).

Through June, almost 65% of UI’s total eligible load is now being served by competitive supply.

January 2010 Customer Load – Suppliers and UI (MWh)

	Res – SS		Bus – SS		Bus – LRS		Total UI Territory
	MWh	%	MWh	%	MWh	%	MWh	%
Suppliers	48,962	22.0%	106,895	64.0%	113,773	93.4%	269,630	52.7%
UI	173,880	78.0%	60,223	36.0%	8,026	6.6%	242,129	47.3%
Total	222,842		167,118		121,799		511,759

June 2010 Customer Load – Suppliers and UI (MWh)

	Res – SS		Bus – SS		Bus – LRS		Total UI Territory
	MWh	%	MWh	%	MWh	%	MWh	%
Suppliers	63,548	33.1%	158,298	74.6%	121,310	93.5%	343,156	64.3%
UI	128,402	66.9%	53,832	25.4%	8,401	6.5%	190,635	35.7%
Total	191,950		212,130		129,711		533,791

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From January 2010 to June 2010, the number of customers being served by competitive suppliers increased from 74,028 to 108,204 (a 46% increase).

Through June, 33% of UI’s total number of eligible customers are now being served by competitive supply.

January 2010 Customer Counts – Suppliers and UI

	Res – SS		Bus – SS		Bus – LRS		Total UI Territory
	Custs	%	Custs	%	Custs	%	Custs	%
Suppliers	58,219	20.1%	15,566	41%	243	90.0%	74,028	22.6%
UI	231,316	79.9%	22,354	59%	27	10.0%	253,697	77.4%
Total	289,535		37,920		270		327,725

June 2010 Customer Counts – Suppliers and UI

	Res – SS		Bus – SS		Bus – LRS		Total UI Territory
	Custs	%	Custs	%	Custs	%	Custs	%
Suppliers	89,769	31.0%	18,177	48%	258	92.8%	108,204	33.0%
UI	199,815	69.0%	19,726	52%	20	7.2%	219,561	67.0%
Total	289,584		37,903		278		327,765

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Connecticut Light & Power will release its monthly competition report later this month, and we’ll serve up a similar mid-year comparison as soon as it is filed with the DPUC. Have a great weekend out there!

Associated Reading

• Competitive Supplier 2010 Mid-Year Review: United Illuminating

Data is as reported by United Illuminating in its monthly compliance filing in DPUC Docket No. 06-10-22.

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