Electricity Service Expanded to 3 Million Residents in Pennsylvania
Residents now have affordable energy options with personalized service
PHILADELPHIA – April 7, 2011 – Ambit Energy announced today it launched electricity service
in Pennsylvania Electric Company (PECO) and PPL Electric Utilities territories. The customerbuilt
company offers a new choice with competitive rates to residents in the greater Philadelphia
and Scranton areas, servicing more than 3 million residents in Central and Eastern
Pennsylvania PECO and PPL regions.
“Historically, Pennsylvania has been an underserved market for not only energy choice, but
selection and competition,” said Jere Thompson Jr., CEO and co-founder of Ambit Energy.
“We’re excited to enter the Pennsylvania market as part of our continued expansion into
deregulated markets across the United States and provide our new customers with exceptional
value and service.”
Ambit Energy offers residents in the PECO and PPL territories an innovative energy experience
including affordable monthly rates, free energy incentives and an annual savings guarantee.
Residents who switch also benefit from a personal relationship with an Ambit Energy
independent consultant coupled with a guaranteed savings of seven percent for the first two
months of service and at least one percent savings over a 12-month period.
“Our expansion into this market allows the millions of Pennsylvania residents to take advantage
of significant savings on energy, which they utilize every day, as well as the extraordinary
income opportunity that Ambit Energy provides,” CMO and co-founder Chris Chambless said.
“We take pride in our commitment to our customers and in our Independent Consultants who
distribute our service throughout the 14 markets we currently serve today. It’s a great feeling to
know that we have a tried and true model that provides our customers simple flexible and
guaranteed energy savings with personalized service.”
As a retail energy provider, Ambit Energy buys power at wholesale prices and resells it to
customers through the company’s team of more than 100,000 independent sales consultants
nation-wide. Ongoing customer relationships are managed by a people-focused, U.S.-based
customer care center, overseeing all aspects of the customer life-cycle, from utility transactions
between customers and transmission providers to web-based account management tools. To
the company’s credit, Inc. magazine named Ambit Energy the fastest growing private company
in America for 2010 based on three year sales growth of more than 20,000 percent between
2006 and 2009.