While southeastern Pennsylvania is looking forward to summer weather, PECO remains hard at work to ensure the company’s natural gas system can meet the energy needs of customers all year long.

To do so, PECO executed a multi-million-dollar investment plan in Chester County in 2022, which included 35 natural gas reliability projects, to maintain the system through inspections, maintenance, and by installing new natural gas mains and service lines to bring natural gas to more customers.

During the next five years, PECO will invest approximately $7.8 billion across its electric and natural gas systems to inspect equipment, complete targeted system enhancements and corrective maintenance, invest in new equipment, and perform vegetation management work.

Additionally, the investment includes PECO’s Natural Gas Long-Term Infrastructure Plan, which will help to modernize the company’s natural gas infrastructure to enhance the safety and reliability of the natural gas system and reduce methane emissions.

Specific to PECO’s natural gas system, the company has inspected equipment, completed necessary repairs or replacements, performed preventative maintenance work, and installed additional natural gas mains and service lines.

Looking forward in 2023, PECO is spending $281 million in capital investments across all counties on the natural gas infrastructure — higher than at any point in the last decade.

“At PECO, we’re always evaluating our infrastructure to meet the growing needs of our more than 548,000 natural gas customers across southeastern Pennsylvania, so they have reliable energy when they need it most,” said Amy Hamilton, PECO vice president of Gas Operations. “We take a year-round, proactive approach to inspect our infrastructure and make upgrades and improvements so we can support the region through every season.”

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