Edison Electric Institute Honors PECO with National Emergency Response Award For Dedication to Customers
June 14 2016 - 3:45PM
Business Wire
The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) has awarded PECO its
Emergency Recovery Award for the company’s dedication to restoring
electric service to more than 260,000 customers impacted by a
severe summer storm in June 2015. The award was presented
during the EEI Annual Convention in Chicago on June 14. This is the
fourth EEI Emergency Recovery Award PECO has received since
2010.
“We invest each year in innovative projects and programs to help
prevent those outages that can be prevented,” said Craig Adams,
PECO president and CEO. “When severe storms impact service to our
customers our dedicated employees work around the clock to safely
and quickly restore service. This award recognizes the unwavering
commitment every PECO employee has to our customers.”
The June 23, 2015, storm produced severe lighting, straight line
winds, 70 mile-per-hour wind gusts and torrential rain, which
created widespread damage across southeastern Pennsylvania. More
than 260,000 customers were impacted by the storm, with more than
240,000 customers being restored less than 36 hours later. More
than 2,500 PECO employees, local contractors, and crews from PECO’s
sister utility BGE, in Baltimore, and other utilities in Ohio,
Kentucky, West Virginia and New York, assisted with making
repairs.
“PECO’s terrific effort to restore service in the wake of this
severe thunderstorm exemplifies our industry’s commitment to
customer service,” said EEI President Tom Kuhn. “The PECO crews who
braved five days of dangerous conditions to quickly and safely
restore service to customers are greatly deserving of this
honor.”
The Emergency Recovery Award is presented twice annually to U.S.
and foreign-based companies to recognize emergency response efforts
in restoring electric service that has been disrupted by severe
weather conditions or other natural events. Award recipients are
chosen by a panel of industry judges following an international
nomination process.
EEI is the association that represents all U.S. investor-owned
electric companies. Its members provide electricity for 220 million
Americans, operate in all 50 states and the District of Columbia,
and directly employ more than 500,000 workers. EEI has 70
international electric companies as Affiliate Members, and 270
industry suppliers and related organizations as Associate
Members.
Based in Philadelphia, PECO is an electric and natural gas
utility subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC). The
company’s 2,400 dedicated employees provide advanced, innovative
energy solutions to 1.6 million electric and more than 511,000
natural gas customers in southeastern Pennsylvania. In 2015
PECO delivered 86.9 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 38
billion kilowatt-hours of electricity. The company also has an
estimated annual economic impact of $4.5 billion in Pennsylvania,
supporting more than 9,600 local jobs and producing $760 million in
labor income. Founded in 1881, PECO is one of the Greater
Philadelphia Region's most active corporate citizens, providing
leadership, volunteer and financial support to numerous arts and
culture, education, environmental, economic development and
community programs and organizations. For more information visit
PECO.com, and connect with the company on Facebook and Twitter.
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