New Jersey Electric Choice Market Jump-starts
October 2003
Within the first month of New Jersey's new electric choice market opening to
large customers, two-thirds of eligible customers took advantage and chose a new
supplier. A dozen suppliers are offering New Jersey's customers better
electricity choices including multi- year fixed priced contracts and large-scale
renewable energy deals.
We congratulate the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities for their success in
expanding large customers' choices. The Alliance for Retail Choice urges the BPU
to progress along their path established last year by maintaining the retail
margin mechanism and expanding choice under the CIEP program to all customers
with demand 750 kw or more.
New Jersey Switching Data
NJ BPU Data on CIEP Accounts (Load in MW)
*as of September 1, 2003
| Total | Switching | Percentage | |
| Conectiv | 54 (280 MW) |
33 (138 MW) |
61.11% (49.29%) |
| JCP&L | 490 (670 MW) |
300 (472.4 MW) |
61.22% (70.51%) |
| PSE&G | 1201 (1514 MW) |
480 (1013 MW) |
39.97% (66.91%) |
| Rockland | 21 (28.5 MW) |
10 (17.4 MW) |
47.62% (61.05%) |
| Statewide | 1766 (2492.5 MW) |
823 (1640.8 MW) |
46.60% (65.83%) |