Crown Lights

The PECO Crown Lights are back – brighter, animated, more energy efficient and with more vibrant color.

The Crown Lights are an iconic Philadelphia landmark that have lit the Center City sky since 1976 as part of the company’s commitment to theregion. In addition to posting more than 17,500 messages over the years, most of which were dedicated to promoting local community and nonprofit organizations, the lights have also celebrated many significant local, regional and national milestones including Super Bowl victories, the Democratic National Convention and the World Meeting of Families conference.

The PECO Crown Lights, a Philadelphia tradition, now feature 2 million energy-efficient LED bulbs.

Messages and Scheduling

Community partners may submit a request for a crown lights message. We receive requests from many deserving organizations and regret that we cannot accommodate all of them. We will confirm, at least two weeks in advance, if we are able to run their message. The confirmation will include any edits, if necessary, and the date(s) the message will run.

Requirements

Partners should submit their requests 8 weeks in advance of the event/message.
Messages are to be no longer than 72 characters, including spaces.
Partners must provide several dates on which they would like their message to appear. Messages from community partners will run up to three nights per week; however, final date selection is based upon availability.
Partners can submit up to three dates that they would like their message to run. Partners may request certain colors for the text and background of their message; however PECO will make the final decision on the color and formatting of their message based on system preferences.
PECO will consider running other logos, graphics, and animation according to the message. However, this decision is again up to the final discretion of PECO.

Policies

Crown Lights messages will run at the sole discretion of PECO.
The Crown Lights system will not run personal names, marriage proposals, birthdays, anniversaries or other personal messages.
All messages on the Crown Lights system must be in keeping with corporate values and conform to corporate standards of appropriateness and good taste. PECO recommends including a call of action (e.g. a website/phone number) for Crown Lights viewers to get more information about the partner message or event.
All messages on the Crown Lights system must demonstrate a community benefit. Religious messages: Only activities that provide a community benefit, and are open to the public will be considered.

Formatting Guidelines

Dates – Dates will be displayed as follows: Numeric Month/Number Date, i.e. 9/1. Additionally, if partners wish to include the day of the event, it should be listed as follows: Tues. 9/1.

Time – Time will be displayed as follows: Hour AM/PM, i.e. 6PM. Exception: NOON & MIDNIGHT. Time and temperature will be included on the Crown Lights in between each message using the Accuweather software.
Websites – Only vanity URLs, or other easy to remember Web addresses will be included with messages, such as www.peco.com

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