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Maryland power market sees 3,000+ new shoppers
Power
shopping in September was up 0.2% in Maryland in number of
accounts,
landing at 6.9%. That translates to
3,170 new shoppers in the state month-to-month. There was growth in three of four
categories with only large C&I bucking the trend by holding steady at 88.7%
-- though the class did see a pair of new shopper's
month-to-month.
Residential shopping -- often the target for some state lawmakers and Gov
Martin O'Malley when they talk of shutting down part of the competitive market
-- was up 0.1% in September. From
March to June, the class was up 0.8% then 0.3% in July and 0.2% in
August.
Small C&I was up 0.6% in number of
shoppers
and 0.4% for medium C&Is.
All four IOUs told the PSC they saw shopping grow in their
territories. Allegheny Power and
Delmarva Power saw jumps of 0.3% from month-to-month to lead the pack while
Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) and Pepco both had a shopping bump of
0.1%.
Shopped load was unchanged from August to September though an extra 18 mw
was sold in the month.
By territory, three of the four firms saw a boost
in
share of shopped load with BGE holding steady from month-to-month. That firm delivers over
half
the competitive load statewide. Shoppers in Delmarva's territory saw the biggest jump at 0.5% while Pepco and Allegheny saw bumps, too at 0.2% and 0.12% respectively.
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