PECO is committed to providing customers with safe and reliable electric service. Vegetation Management is a large part of that commitment.
Damage Prevention -- 1-800-242-1776
PECO's Damage Prevention Group is dedicated to providing education and assistance to customers and excavators regarding safe excavation around PECO underground gas and electric lines. Here at PECO, our goal is to ensure public safety, service reliability, and reduce costs by preventing damages to PECO's underground facilities.
Safe digging is everyone's responsibility and starts with a call to 1-800-242-1776 a minimum of 3 days before you plan to dig or visit PA one Call System on the web.
For More Information Contact:
- PA one Call 1-800-242-1776
- Manager, 610-941-1809
- Supervisor, 610-943-5515
Questions about mark outs in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia or York County:
Problems or questions about working around PECO underground electric or gas facilities:
- Bucks County 267-716-8407
- Chester/York County 267-716-8408 or 610-721-6807
- Delaware County 267-716-8506
- Montgomery County 267-716-8405
- Philadelphia County 610-721-6805
Damage Prevention Group
PECO's Damage Prevention Group provides both office and field personnel to assist you with all issues related to excavation activities throughout our service territory. (Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and York counties).
In addition, our close partnership with PA one Call and our locating vendor, STS, Inc., gives you access to all the resources you need to ensure your job site is properly marked before you start to dig.
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Line Clearance Program
Our Vegetation Management Line Clearance Program designed to minimize power interruptions and hazards caused by tree branches and other types of vegetation that come in contact with power lines.
We clear limbs, trees, vines, and other plants away from power lines before they have a chance to damage PECO facilities or equipment. If damage occurs, that can cause power outages, or compromise safety. Our Line Clearance Program helps us provide you with the secure and dependable service PECO is committed to.
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Grounds Maintenance
PECO's grounds maintenance program ensures that the high standards of PECO are met or exceeded at all PECO locations; approximately 700 sites. The scope of work represents every company owned property requiring some element of landscaping, grass mowing, transmission ROW turf mowing, weed control, site clean up, or any other activity relating to grounds maintenance. Additionally, snow plowing is performed at most PECO Business work sites. Maintenance of PECO sites include:
- Service Buildings
- Railroad Sidings
- Transmission ROW
- Substations
- Generating Stations
- Recreational Areas
- Gas Gate Stations
- Gas Regulator Stations
The successful management of the Grounds Maintenance program is critical to system reliability and property aesthetics.
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Right of Way Maintenance
Right of Way (ROWs) are the corridors where electrical towers or wood poles are located. The lines that run along rights of ways carry the transmission voltage electricity (66kV, 130kV, 200kV, 500kV). PECO either has an easement for these lines or the company owns the property where the lines are located.
In some areas, PECO mows the grass on the ROWs. The lines are mowed five times a year starting in late April. The ROWs are maintained as field mowing or meadow, not as a lawn or turf area. PECO does not spray the ROWs for broadleaf weeds such as Dandelion or ticks.
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Do You Have a Tree Trimming or Landscape Reparation Request ?