PECO Gas and Electric
PECO is Pennsylvania’s largest utility, operating and maintaining a network of 550 power substations, 21,000 miles of distribution and transmission lines, 27 gas gate stations and 6,000 miles of underground gas mains. The company serves approximately 1.6 million electric customers in the City of Philadelphia and its Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery County suburbs. PECO’s suburban gas business serves 474,000 natural gas customers.
PECO Gas Service Territory Map (pdf)
PECO Electric Service Territory Map (pdf)
PECO is dedicated to keeping the lights on and the gas flowing. Every year we invest a substantial amount of resources in maintaining and enhancing our systems.
Major projects in Philadelphia and the suburbs include:
- Customer-targeted reliability enhancement work
- Increased automation to reduce outage duration
- Preventive maintenance including circuit patrols using infrared imaging and rights-of-way tree trimming
- More lightning arrestors and animal guards to help prevent weather and animal-related outages
Consult the attached PECO news releases to learn more about PECO system upgrades as well as its corporate citizenship.