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Views from GM at Electrification 2018

Excerpt from “Electrification 2018, Looking Back and Looking Forward.”

Author from Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Excerpt from “#Utility Careers in the Pennsylvania Spotlight” by Nils Hagen-Fredericksen.

Authors from Moody’s Investors Service

Excerpt from “Drag on Strong Regulated Electric and Gas Fundamentals.”

Dozen Quarter Streak Below 1.4%

It’s great when the electric bill percentage is this low and is this low for this long: there’s more to spend on all other consumer goods and services.

Customer Count and Solar Up, Coal Down

From Q1 2015 to Q2 2018, utilities’ residential customer count increased by 4.6 million nationally. This much faster growth was at the annual rate of 1.1 percent.

1.33% Again?

When electric bills are a low percent of consumption expenditures, as presently, when it is typically at 1.33%, electricity is difficult to afford for far fewer households.

This is Getting Very Interesting. What is Happening to Electric Sales?

We have now set the all-time record high for residential electric sales in the first seven months of the year.

Gap Between CPI and Electric Bill Trends, Regionally

In the midwest and south, the gap between their CPI increase and electric bill decrease was huge, 5 percent and 4.3 percent respectively.

High-Income Households’ Electric Bills 20% or More Above Overall Average

Average electric bills of Northeast households with income of at least $70,000 was well more than double the average bills of households with income of $10,000 to $14,999.

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