PECO Completes Annual Electrical Equipment Inspections to Ensure Reliable Service for Customers
September 04 2014 - 12:06PM
Business Wire
10,000 miles of aerial line and 1,884 circuits
inspected
PECO has completed its annual inspection of 1,884 circuits and
more than 10,000 miles of aerial electric lines across the region.
This more than $500,000 investment is part of the company’s ongoing
preventative maintenance efforts to help keep the lights on for
customers.
This program includes visual inspection of PECO’s aerial
electric system to look for potential issues like damaged equipment
and sagging lines. Infrared cameras also are used to identify
potential issues before an outage occurs by recording temperature
variations within equipment during operation.
“We continuously monitor, inspect, repair and replace equipment,
which is crucial to ensuring safe and reliable electric service for
our customers,” said John McDonald, PECO vice president of
Technical Services. “Our preventative maintenance programs help us
identify and address potential issues before they impact our
customers. This work played a key role in helping us reach
record-breaking electric system performance in 2013.”
PECO’s overall preventative maintenance program also includes
regular inspection of electric and natural gas equipment, including
manholes, underground cables, transformers, substations and
pipelines.
Based in Philadelphia, PECO is an electric and natural gas
utility subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC). PECO serves
1.6 million electric and more than 500,000 natural gas customers in
southeastern Pennsylvania and employs about 2,400 people in the
region. PECO delivered 85.7 billion cubic feet of natural gas and
37.8 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2013. 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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PECO.Communication@exeloncorp.com.
PECOGreg Smore, 215-841-5555Greg.Smore@exeloncorp.com
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