PECO Improves Electric Reliability in 2015
04 February 2016 - 1:30AM
Business Wire
Customers benefit from shortest outages in
company history
In 2015, PECO’s focus on delivering innovation and advancing
smart energy to provide safe, reliable, affordable and clean energy
and energy services paid off, with customers experiencing the
shortest average outage duration and second fewest number of
outages in company history.
On average, less than three-quarters of PECO’s more than 1.6
million electric customers experienced an outage in 2015. And, when
service was interrupted, crews were able to safely restore service
in, on average, 84 minutes – 7 minutes faster than ever before.
“We are extremely proud of our 2015 performance,” said Craig
Adams, PECO president and CEO. “Our customers depend on us to
deliver the power they need to live their lives and run their homes
and businesses. We do not take this responsibility lightly. Each
year we look for new technology and ways to get better and better.
We will continue to invest in our systems and maintain our rigorous
maintenance programs to continue to improve our service.”
PECO customers continue to benefit from the company’s work to
increase reliability. During the past several years, PECO has
achieved record reliability performance, reducing customer outages
and the duration of outages when they do occur.
Each year, PECO invests millions of dollars to prevent outages
through equipment inspections and tree trimming. In addition, the
company continues to install advanced equipment such as stronger,
tree-resistant aerial cable, and devices to automatically restore
service to customers more quickly. The company also continues to
share best practices with its Exelon sister utilities, BGE in
Baltimore and ComEd in Chicago, which also posted record
reliability performances in 2015.
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 506,000
natural gas customers in southeastern Pennsylvania. In 2014
PECO delivered 89.9 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 37.5
billion kilowatt-hours of electricity and had an estimated 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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