Following four days of 12 to 16 hour, around-the-clock shifts, PECO
crews have restored service to nearly all customers impacted by the
weekend’s unseasonable wintery weather. Crews are now focused on the
final repairs to restore service to any remaining customers by tonight.
Ranking as the worst October storm in PECO history, wet snow and strong
winds damaged trees and electrical equipment and interrupted electric
service to more than 300,000 PECO customers. In total the storm caused
power outages for more than 3.8 million along the East Coast – with 1.4
million remaining without service.
"We never lose sight of the fact that we have customers who our counting
on us to get the lights back on,” said Mike Innocenzo, PECO vice
president and Emergency Response Director. "All of us are keenly aware
of how inconvenient it is to be without electricity, especially for a
long period of time. And we are so thankful to our customers for their
patience and understanding while we worked so hard.”
More than 3,000 PECO employees and contractors, from as far away as
Illinois, North and South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland, and
Georgia, worked tirelessly to repair damage and restore service to
customers.
Based in Philadelphia, PECO is an electric and natural gas utility
subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC).
PECO serves 1.6
million electric and 490,000 natural gas customers in southeastern
Pennsylvania and employs about 2,400 people in the region.
PECO
delivered 87.9 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 39.5 billion
kilowatt-hours-hours of electricity in 2010.
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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