How to shop

• What do I need to shop?
  You need your "Price to Compare," your monthly electricity use and a list of licensed suppliers serving your area.
  
  
• Electricity usage
  You can find your electric usage on the first page of your bill, next to the graph. Click here to view a sample bill.
  
  We have the capability to store and access hourly usage information from all of our 1.4 million meters. In the future, this will support electric choice and allow the company and energy suppliers to offer you different pricing options. Currently, this allows us to show you detailed usage information through our Energy Analyzer.
   
  
• Price to compare
  Your "Price to Compare" is the price per kilowatt-hour PPL Electric Utilities charges for the generation and transmission parts of your electric service (plus related state taxes). You need this price when comparing offeres from other electricity suppliers to find out if you can save money.

  The "Price to Compare" does NOT represent your total electric bill. Your bill also includes PPL Electric Utilities' charges for delivering your monthly electric service.

  To find out about your individual Price to Compare, click here.

• How to Choose an Electric Generation Supplier
  For information about how to choose an electric generation supplier, visit the Pennsylvania Public Utiliy Commission's Web site on Electric Choice at www.papowerswitch.com.
  
  • For a list of suppliers making offers to PPL Electric Utilities residential customers, click here.
  • For a list of suppliers making offers to PPL Electric Utilities business customers, click here.
     
• Questions to Ask a Supplier 
  
  
• Note to small-, mid-size business customers:
  PPL Electric Utilities offers regulated services, including Provider of Last Resort (POLR) service, under rate schedules approved by the PUC. Small- and mid-size business customers who return to PPL Electric Utilities for electricity supply after being served by an alternative supplier must remain with POLR service through the end of 2010.
  
  However, PPL Electric Utilities' tariff includes a Generation Rate Adjustment through Dec. 31, 2010. Under this provision, small- and mid-size business customers pay market-based rates for short-term POLR service if they shop again for an alternative supplier before the end of 2010. For information about this provision, call 1-888-220-9991.