Annual Electrical Equipment Inspections Ensure Reliable Service for PECO Customers
September 09 2015 - 9:47AM
Business Wire
10,000 miles of aerial line and 1,932 circuits
inspected
PECO has recently inspected 1,932 circuits and more than 10,000
miles of aerial electric lines to keep the lights on for customers
across the region. This $400,000 investment 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,
critical to ensuring safe and reliable electric service for our
customers,” said John McDonald, vice president of Technical
Services. “This work is part of more than $500 million invested
each year to improve the electric system and identify and address
potential issues before they impact our customers.”
PECO’s overall preventive 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 506,000 natural gas customers in
southeastern Pennsylvania and employs about 2,400 people in the
region. PECO delivered 89.9 billion cubic feet of natural gas and
37.5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2014. 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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