More than 300 Electric System Projects Completed to Keep the Lights on for PECO Customers
September 29 2015 - 11:59AM
Business Wire
From April through June, 336 projects were completed to enhance
electric reliability for customers. Each year, PECO invests
approximately $500 million to improve the electric system
infrastructure, including performing preventive maintenance and
upgrading equipment.
Despite a severe summer storm in late June, electric service
reliability improved by nearly 10 percent during the first half of
the year compared to 2014. Specifically:
- 120,500 fewer outages and when an
outage did occur, service was restored for customers approximately
five minutes faster.
- May 2015 also was PECO’s best-ever
month of May in terms of electric service reliability, with 20,000
fewer outages, 22 percent less than the previous record-breaking
May in 2003.
“These projects are critical to providing our customers with
safe and reliable service every day,” said John McDonald, vice
president of Technical Services. “We continuously monitor our
system performance to identify areas where we can upgrade our
equipment or perform preventive maintenance work to deliver the
service our customers expect.”
As part of this ongoing work, PECO also upgraded and installed
new equipment throughout the region, including 34 new advanced
aerial reclosers. When a problem occurs, like a fallen tree limb,
lightning strike or vehicle accident, the recloser stops the flow
of electricity on the line and then automatically restores
electricity if possible. There are currently more than 1,670
reclosers on PECO’s system, and these devices prevented more than
260,000 sustained power interruptions for PECO customers through
June 30, 2015.
To help prevent power outages caused by vegetation, the company
installs reinforced tree-resistant aerial electric lines. These
lines are stronger than traditional lines and can better withstand
falling trees and tree limbs. Approximately 3,100 feet of this type
of wire has been installed in 2015 with more than 18 miles
installed across the service territory. Rigorous tree trimming also
limits the number of power outages caused by trees and other
vegetation. In 2015, the company is investing about $36 million on
tree trimming and other vegetation removal around approximately
2,800 miles of aerial power lines along the electric distribution
and transmission systems.
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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