Power shopping in Maine gained 43 accounts in February after seeing a dip of 44 shoppers in January.
      Two firms saw an increase in shoppers while a third saw a slight drop of only a pair.
      Bangor Hydro-Electric added nine shoppers in February to end at 1,051.  Those new shoppers were in the residential/small C&I and medium C&I columns.  While those two classes picked up 10 shoppers, large C&I lost one.
      The gains at BHE were outpaced by the much larger Central Maine Power where there was a gain of 36 shoppers in February to end at 6,053.  CMP saw its gains in the residential/small C&I and medium C&I categories with 24 and 12 respectively.
      Maine Public Service -- the firm with the fewest shoppers -- saw a dip of two accounts, both in the residential/small C&I category.
      Medium C&I load served by competitive suppliers in February ranged from 23.8% at MPS to 42.2% at CMP while large C&I load ranged from 71.2% at MPS to 94.2% at CMP.
      The ranges in January stood at 24.3% at MPS to 42.4% at BHE for medium C&I served by competitive suppliers while large load ranged from 71.9% at MPS to 95.1% at BHE.
      Competitive supply load in February for residential and small C&I ranged from 0.3% at MPS to 1% at CMP, the same as in January.

Maine Power Shopping - February 2008
				Total
	Res/Small	Med C&I	Large C&I	August 2007	February 2007	February 2006
Central Maine Power
Customers	2,983	2,752	318	6,079	5,917	4,937
Load Served	1.0%	42.2%	94.2%	37.0%	37.5%	34.5%
Bangor Hydro-Elec
Customers	615	408	28	1,009	986	848
Load Served	0.7%	38.6%	89.9%	31.3%	29.1%	24.7%
Maine Public Service
Customers	123	34	10	170	285	1,728
Load Served	0.3%	23.8%	71.2%	27.4%	31.7%	37.0%
Statewide
Customers	3,721	3,194	356	7,258	7,188	7,513
Load Served				35.8%	36.0%	33.1%
Source: Maine PUC

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