Due to a PUC-approved change in transmission charges, PPL Electric Utilities is adjusting its price to compare for this quarter for customers who rely on the utility to purchase electric supply on their behalf.

Effective Oct. 1, the new price to compare for residential customers will be 8.956 cents per kilowatt-hour, a change from 8.814 cents per kWh. The price to compare for small-business customers will be 8.596 cents per kilowatt-hour, a change from 8.785 cents per kWh). The new adjusted price to compare will be in effect until Dec. 1.Information about shopping for electric supply can be found at

www.PAPowerSwitch.com, or

www.pplelectric.com/choice.PPL Electric Utilities encourages customers to seek opportunities to save on power supply costs by shopping for deals with competitive electric suppliers.Generation rates and prices to compare for residential and small-business customers are adjusted every three months to reflect the cost of power purchases and adjustments based on customer use in the prior period.The generation rate for large industrial customers is based on hourly market prices. The company's price to compare, which includes generation and transmission charges, is customarily updated on March 1, June 1, Sept. 1 and Dec. 1 each year.