Universal service electricity purchases fall to 13 percent of total consumption in march

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Customers using a universal service purchased 13 percent of all the electricity consumed in March, a drop of three percentage points compared to February. At the same time, the amounts of electricity purchased by customers holding a contract rose to 87 percent of total consumption, Elering reported.

The average electricity consumption amounts of universal service clients are clearly smaller than those of clients holding a contract, as shown by the fact that in consumption point numbers, universal service users hold a 30 percent share. The other 70 percent of consumption points have an electricity purchase contract. The share of customers holding a contract grew by approximately two percentage points in a month.

Out of all customers holding a contract, 83 percent have signed a limited-term contract, while the other 17 percent have an unlimited-term contract.

Since the start of April, 1009 customers have changed their electricity seller despite already having a valid contract with another seller in March.

In March, the market shares of balance providers by electricity volume (including electricity consumed as a universal service and in network losses) were as follows:

Market shares for balace providers	March 2013	February 2013
Eesti Energia AS balance portfolio incl. VKG Energia	73.4% 2,2%	72.5% 1.2%
Elektrum Eesti OÜ balance portfolio	10.6%	10.8%
Baltic Energy Services OÜ balance portfolio incl. 220 Energia OÜ incl. TS Energia OÜ incl. VKG Elektrivõrgud OÜ incl. Sillamäe SEJ AS incl. AS Loo Elekter	8.3% 1.7% 1.3% 1.3% 0.7% 0.2%	8.4% 1.7% 1.3% 1.2% 0.7% 0.2%
Nordic Power Management OÜ balance portfolio incl. Imatra Elekter AS incl. Eesti Gaas AS	2.7% 1.6% 0.1%	2.6% 1.6% 0.2%
Elektrimüügi AS balance portfolio	1.1%	1.2%
Electricity purchased by Elering to cover electricity losses	4.0%	4.5%