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Electric Choice

Claverack and the 12 other rural electric cooperatives in Pennsylvania have allowed their members to choose their power supplier ever since 1999. In order for power supply choice to work, alternative electric suppliers (also called electric generation suppliers or EGSs) must agree to serve co-op territories.

There are currently no electric generation suppliers for Claverack's members to choose, because no EGSs have chosen to serve in Claverack's service territory, or for that matter, the territory of any other rural electric cooperative in Pennsylvania.

If electric generation suppliers decide to serve Claverack's territory, members will be notified. Since no electric generation suppliers have chosen to serve in Claverack's service territory, we can conclude that there are sound business reasons for that decision. The electric generation suppliers recognize that the "price to compare" or cost per kilowatt-hour is very competitive between their rates and the co-op's rates. Typically, the rural areas are mostly residential accounts and not large industrial or commercial accounts that would be more profitable to serve.

The electric utility market is constantly changing under deregulation. Some electric generation suppliers may wait for the market to mature before investing in new service territories. Initially, most suppliers competed in the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh market areas, where electricity prices were much higher than elsewhere in Pennsylvania.

To find more information on customer choice please click the links on the right.