PECO has completed its annual inspection of 1,884 circuits and more than
10,000 miles of aerial electric lines across the region. This more than
$500,000 investment is part of the company’s ongoing preventative
maintenance efforts to help keep the lights on for customers.
This program 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, which
is crucial to ensuring safe and reliable electric service for our
customers,” said John McDonald, PECO vice president of Technical
Services. “Our preventative maintenance programs help us identify and
address potential issues before they impact our customers. This work
played a key role in helping us reach record-breaking electric system
performance in 2013.”
PECO’s overall preventative 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 500,000 natural gas customers in
southeastern Pennsylvania and employs about 2,400 people in the region.
PECO delivered 85.7 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 37.8
billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2013. 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,
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