Page 7 - MVU Annual Report 2019/20
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                  32%     are  extremely  or  very  stressed             46%      say their financial  situation  is  likely
                          (only 7% are not stressed at all).The
                                                                                  to  be  somewhat  or  much  worse  in
                          Middle  Atlantic  (NJ,NY,PA)  region
                          is the most stressed. 30 - 60-year                      two months
                          olds are the most stressed





                  43%     are using more electricity compared
                          to last month

                                                                          7%      are very  unlikely  to  be  able  to  pay
                                                                                  next  month’s  bill  (unemployed,
                                                                                  furloughed  and  part-time  workers
                                                                                  from home are most affected)

                  34%     don’t know how well prepared their
                          utilities are to provide service during
                          the crisis




                                                                                  The  more  topics  customers  recall
                                                                                  from  their  utilities,  the  higher  they
                  36%     rate their electric utilities’ response        49%      rate  their  utilities’  handling  of  the
                          to  the  coronavirus  situation  great,
                                                                                  coronavirus  situation  49%  recall  a
                          excellent or perfect                                    communication  from  their  utilities
                                                                                  in  the  past  7  days  related  to
                                                                                  coronavirus actions
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