PSEG Summer Electricity Savings
PSEG electricity customers can save as much as 17% on their electric supply bills by selecting an alternative electric supplier. Electricity shopping has been picking up steam in recent months as more competitive electricity companies have filed and received electricity supplier licenses from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. However, many consumers are still uninformed that New Jersey in now an electric choice market, and even more are uninformed about just how much they can save.
In the past, surveys done in New Jersey regarding market awareness on electric choice has shown that many people just don’t want to go through the “hassle” of shopping for electricity because the end result is only a few dollars a month in savings. However, as competition has heated up and pushed competitive pricing down, the savings are now becoming quite more significant, especially for medium and large houses. In the past, electricity savings in New Jersey had been reserved for the largest commercial and industrial customers in the state. Things have certainly changed as more and more alternative suppliers compete for the 3.3 million New Jersey residential electricity consumers.
PSEG customers using 1,000 KWh would save $20 a month ($240 per year) by choosing the lowest rate available compared to the PSEG default rate. Homes using 2,000 KWh would save more than twice that ($46.60 a month and $559.20 a year) because PSEG default rates get higher the more power you consume. A good rule of thumb for figuring out your average monthly KWh is to figure you will use 1 KWh for every square foot of home (1,500 square foot home would use 1,500 KWh average per month).
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