2010 Report - Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

sales, followed by residential with 38.4 percent. Pike has no industrial customers. Average annualuse per residential customer was 7,605 kWh at an average cost of 7.29 cents per kWh; operatingrevenues totaled $4.9 million.Between 1994 and 2009, Pike experienced an average increase of 2.2 percent in total sales.Residential sales grew at an average annual rate of 1.7 percent, and commercial sales increase at2.6 percent per year. Over the next five years, total energy demand is projected to increase at anaverage annual rate of 1.3 percent, which includes a residential growth rate of 1.5 percent and acommercial growth rate of 1.1 percent. See Figure 52.Over the next five years, Pike projects its system peak load to increase from 15.3 MW in thesummer of 2009 to 20.7 MW in 2014, or an average annual increase of 6.2 percent.For the purpose of regulation, Pike is a small distribution company with no generating capability.O&R does not own any generating facilities.O&R is a member of the Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC).Figure 52 Pike County Light & Power energy demand (GWh)55HistoricForecasts5045Commercial403530Residential25202000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 201458Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission