PECO has actively been working to restore power to thousands of
customers impacted by today’s winter storm, which brought a mix of snow,
ice and freezing rain to the region. The storm caused extensive damage
to trees, tree limbs and electrical equipment, and already has become
the second most damaging storm in PECO history.
As of 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, more than 623,000 customers remain without
service. Specifically,
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Bucks County = 143,632
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Chester County = 181,212
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Delaware County = 73,146
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Montgomery County = 187,865
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Philadelphia County = 33,004
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York County = 4,361
More than 3,000 personnel, including 1,500 field employees, are working
to restore service to customers and will continue to work around the
clock to make repairs. PECO’s emergency response organization is
activated and every PECO employee is focused on storm restoration
activities.
With damage still occurring, it is too early to determine when service
will be restored to all customers. Based on the conditions and damages
so far, we believe we will be able to restore service to most customers
in the next few days. However, some customers – in more heavily damaged
areas – could be without service into the weekend.
Customers who experience an outage or issue with their natural gas
service should call the company immediately at 1-800-841-4141. The more
customers who call to report an outage, the more effectively PECO can
dispatch crews and restore service. Customers also can report or view
the status of an electric outage at www.peco.com
or by using PECO Smart Mobile On-the-Go, the company’s mobile enhanced
website.
PECO urges customers to stay safe and always stay away from any storm
damaged electrical equipment, especially downed power lines and tree
limbs that may come into contact with power lines. Always consider that
downed electrical wires are energized and report them to the company
immediately. Customers should check on their neighbors, family and
friends, and assist the elderly and those with special needs.
Based in Philadelphia, PECO is an electric and natural gas utility
subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC). PECO serves 1.6
million electric and 497,000 natural gas customers in southeastern
Pennsylvania and employs about 2,400 people in the region. PECO
delivered 76.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 37.5 billion
kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2012. 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.
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