Allegheny Power Customers to Begin Enrolling in Customer Choice Program.GREENSBURG, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 1998--Enrollment packets will be mailed this week to Allegheny Power's 663,000 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (pĕnsəlvā`nyə), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bordered by New Jersey, across the Delaware River (E), Delaware (SE), Maryland (S), West Virginia (SW), Ohio (W), and Lake Erie and New York customers, giving them the opportunity to participate in the state's phase-in to competition in the electric utility industry. The direct mailing coincides with the June 25 statewide kick off of the phase-in process, known as Pennsylvania ElectriChoice. Under the program, up to two-thirds of all Pennsylvania residents will have the opportunity to choose their electric generation supplier as of January 1999. Allegheny Power customers will receive a letter, postage-paid reply card, and a brochure, detailing the first step of the two-step process for participation - how to enroll. Beginning July 1, customers may return the reply card to be considered. If more than two-thirds of Allegheny Power customers enroll by Aug. 28, a lottery lottery, scheme for distributing prizes by lot or other method of chance selection to persons who have paid for the opportunity to win. The term is not applicable when lots are drawn without payment by the interested parties to determine some matter, e.g. will be held among the enrollees to select the participants. If not, Allegheny Power will continue to enroll residential customers on a first-come, first-served “FCFS” redirects here. For the figure skating competition, see Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. This article is about a general service policy. For the technical concept, see FIFO. basis until two-thirds have enrolled. At the end of August, all customers who are successfully enrolled will receive a second direct mailing with details on how to choose a supplier. Those customers who are enrolled may then select an electric generation supplier between Sept. 1 and Nov. 1, in order to begin taking electric service from the new supplier in January 1999. Enrolling in the program does not obligate obligate /ob·li·gate/ (ob´li-gat) pertaining to or characterized by the ability to survive only in a particular environment or to assume only a particular role, as an obligate anaerobe. customers to participate in ElectriChoice; however, customers cannot participate without first enrolling. All participants in Allegheny Power's Customer Choice Pilot Program will automatically be included in the first two-thirds of those eligible for ElectriChoice and will also receive a letter this week explaining how the process works. It is not necessary for pilot participants to enroll, but they should return their postage-paid reply card if they want their telephone number and/or electric usage information withheld from electric generation suppliers. For more information on enrolling in Pennsylvania ElectriChoice, customers may call 1-800-Allegheny (1-800-255-3443) or visit our website at www.alleghenypower.com. Headquartered near Hagerstown, Md., Allegheny Energy Allegheny Energy (NYSE: AYE) is a traditional public utility based in the Pittsburgh suburb of Greensburg. It services communities in Western Pennsylvania, Western Maryland, Northern West Virginia, Northwest Virginia. , with operating subsidiaries An operating subsidiary is a business term frequently used within the United States railroad industry. In the case of a railroad, it refers to a company that is a subsidiary but operates with its own identity and rolling stock. doing business as Allegheny Power, provides electric service to 1.4 million customers in parts of Maryland Maryland (mâr`ələnd), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bounded by Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean (E), the District of Columbia (S), Virginia and West Virginia (S, W), and Pennsylvania (N). , Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. .
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