40,000 MW for Electric Choice

February 2003

Bigger than the New England or New York ISO loads, competitively served customers now represent over 40,000 peak megawatts. The growth is not just in Texas: customer electric choice is growing in Maryland, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts and, despite many obstacles, remains strong in California.

XENERGY research released in January shows dramatic growth in the US competitive electricity supply over the past 18 months, despite on-going energy industry woes. Since mid-2001, the competitively priced electricity supply more than doubled. An estimated 40,000 megawatts of electricity demand are currently being competitively supplied, versus an estimated 15,000 megawatts mid-2001.