ComEd Sends More Than 200 Crews to Help Utilities as East Coast Braces for Winter Storm Jonas
January 22 2016 - 10:15AM
Business Wire
More than 700 highly trained utility personnel
prepare for multi-day restoration effort
As the East Coast prepares for potentially historic and damaging
Winter Storm Jonas, ComEd is sending more than 200 ComEd and
contractor crews to provide restoration assistance to electric
utilities PECO in Philadelphia and BGE in Baltimore. The storm
system could produce two feet of snow and 60 mile-per-hour
winds.
Contractors departed on Thursday and are expected to arrive on
Friday. ComEd crews left on Friday and will arrive on Saturday.
The crew numbers include:
- 156 utility crews (613 people)
- 50 contractor vegetation management
crews (162 people)
“We are very fortunate to have experienced and dedicated
employees who, day in and day out, manage the complex electrical
grid that powers our customers’ lives,” said Donnelly. “Our crews
are eager to use that experience to help their fellow electric
workers and the communities of Philadelphia and Baltimore.”
In addition to crews, ComEd sent its newest mobile command unit
vehicle – a vehicle that can be taken to the hardest hit areas and
provides command capabilities to direct restoration efforts.
Responding crews are prepared for below freezing temperatures,
deep snow and slippery conditions. Expected damage includes downed
power lines and broken poles. Upon arrival, crews will receive a
safety briefing before beginning any work.
“With millions of people facing power outages on the East Coast,
we think it’s important to work with our sister utilities to get
customers whose power service is impacted by this storm restored as
quickly and safely as possible,” said Donnelly. “This is one of the
strengths of the Exelon group of utilities. We have similar
processes that make it more efficient to provide assistance to each
other during significant storm events such as Winter Storm
Jonas.”
Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) is a unit of Chicago-based
Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation’s leading competitive
energy provider, with approximately 6.6 million customers. ComEd
provides service to approximately 3.8 million customers across
northern Illinois, or 70 percent of the state’s population. For
more information visit ComEd.com, and connect with the company on
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
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