PECO: Work to reduce outages paid off in 2015

Posted by Press Release on February 3, 2016

On average, less than three-quarters of PECO’s more than 1.6 million electric customers experienced an outage in 2015, the second lowest number in company history. And when service was interrupted, crews were able to safely restore service in, on average, 84 minutes – 7 minutes faster than ever before, according to a PECO press release.

“We are extremely proud of our 2015 performance,” Craig Adams, PECO president and CEO, said in the release. “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. 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 release said.

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, according to the release.