Utilities
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Small Businesses Save Big with PECO Small Business Solutions
PECO helps small businesses like yours reduce energy expenses and save big. Energy efficiency solutions can help your business cut costs, save money, and improve the overall productivity of your business. For example, the addition of energy efficient lighting and HVAC controls can help your business be more responsive to fluctuations in occupancy, operating hours,…
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Aqua Pennsylvania Getting the Lead Out in Chester County
In just a few short months since kicking off a major project to replace customer-owned lead and galvanized service lines in several Chester County communities, Aqua Pennsylvania has now completed replacements at 150 homes and businesses. The project is a major improvement for customers in these areas. Customer-owned service lines are the pipes running from…
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Aqua Pennsylvania Shares Fun and Easy Ways To Keep Children Hydrated
During the hot summer months, it’s important to ensure kids drink enough liquids to stay hydrated throughout the day. Developing healthy water habits is crucial for staying energetic and alert, and can affect the dietary habits of your child for years to come. Here are some of our tips and tricks on how to get…
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Pa. American Water, American Water Charitable Foundation Gave Nearly $2M Statewide in 2023
Recently, Pennsylvania American Water released its end-of-year charitable giving totals for 2023. Last year, the company provided more than $1.49 million through grants, general charitable contributions, and programming support to 390 organizations across Pennsylvania. When combined with the $481,900 the American Water Charitable Foundation (AWCF) provided throughout the Commonwealth, the total amount of support soars…
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Aqua Pennsylvania Shares Tips To Prepare for Hurricane Season
With the Atlantic hurricane season officially underway, Aqua Pennsylvania is urging customers to take proactive steps to prepare their homes and families for potential storms. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), this year’s hurricane season has an 85 percent chance of being above normal, forecasting 17 to 25 total named storms. Of…
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Montgomery County Leadership: Randy Hayman, Esq. Commissioner and CEO, Philadelphia Water
Randy Hayman, Commissioner and CEO of the Philadelphia Water Department, spoke to MONTCO Today about growing up in St. Louis and being the son of a teacher and principal who helped him find opportunities to succeed despite discrimination. From a young age, he was drawn to leadership, public speaking, and music. Hayman recalled attending Georgetown…
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PECO Ready to Meet Customer Energy Demands, Extreme Summer Weather
With the official start of summer just around the corner, PECO has been hard at work ensuring the company’s critical electric infrastructure is prepared to handle increased demand as temperatures heat up and as the seasons change. This proactive effort also includes infrastructure work to strengthen the local energy grid to help prevent those outages…
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Pennsylvania American Water Commemorates Two Years of York Wastewater System Ownership
On Jun. 5, Pennsylvania American Water welcomed a group of local stakeholders to visit its York Wastewater Treatment Plant for an event commemorating two years of the company’s ownership of the system. Pennsylvania American Water acquired the wastewater system from the City of York in late May 2022. Following brief remarks from Pennsylvania American Water, the City of York,…
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Aqua Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Award $210,000+ in Tree-Planting Grants
In collaboration with The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) and local conservation districts, Aqua Pennsylvania (an Essential Utilities company) unveiled the 2024 grant recipients of their impactful tree-planting grant initiative, “Trees for Watersheds.” Formally known as “TreeVitalize Watersheds,” the “Trees for Watersheds” grant program provides crucial funding to help plant trees and shrubs along waterways and…
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Pennsylvania American Water Releases 2023 Water Quality Reports
Pennsylvania American Water has released its 2023 Water Quality Reports, which are now available to customers. Pennsylvania American Water is committed to providing high-quality, reliable water service. Also referred to as Consumer Confidence Reports, the publications are offered for each of the company’s water systems to describe local drinking water sources, summarize laboratory testing conducted…
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PECO Celebrates 20 Years of Green Region Open Space Program with Nearly $3 Million to 400 Organizations
For the last 20 years, PECO, in partnership with Natural Lands, has supported local municipalities and nonprofits across Greater Philadelphia that are doing their part to positively impact our regional landscape through innovative green projects through the PECO Green Region Open Space Program. PECO has provided nearly $3 million in Green Region Open Space grants…
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Aqua Pennsylvania Secures $6.7M PENNVEST Grant Funding for Bucks County PFAS Treatment Facility
Aqua Pennsylvania has secured grant funding through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) to construct PFAS treatment at its Edgely Water Treatment facility in Bristol Township. Construction on the facility is scheduled to begin in July. The grant, which provides funding up to $6.7 million, will allow Aqua Pennsylvania to complete the installation of this…
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Investing in Reliability: PECO Enhances Electric Infrastructure in Montgomery County
This week marks National Infrastructure Week, a nationwide event led by nonprofit United for Infrastructure that focuses on raising awareness about the importance of infrastructure and advocating for improvements. This week serves as an opportunity to highlight the fact that PECO works year-round to ensure its infrastructure is safe and reliable for all customers across…
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PECO Invests in a Cleaner, Brighter, More Resilient Energy Future
We’re committed to providing our customers and the communities we serve with safe, reliable energy service. We are constantly exploring new ways to achieve this goal and usher southeastern Pennsylvania into a cleaner energy future. To further this work, we have filed with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission our plans to recover an additional $464…
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PECO’s Multimillion-Dollar Investment in Bucks County Enhances Natural Gas Infrastructure
PECO is making a multimillion-dollar investment in Lower Makefield and Newtown townships as part of its proactive efforts to upgrade its local natural gas distribution system. The project is critical to meeting the growing need and demand for safe, reliable, affordable natural gas for customers in Lower Makefield and Newtown townships and across Bucks County.…
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Essential Earth Day: Aqua Pennsylvania’s Impactful Volunteer Efforts in April
In light of Essential Earth Day and National Volunteer Week occurring in the month of April, Aqua Pennsylvania employees volunteered to better the communities they served with a major volunteer day. Essential Earth Day is a month-long celebration in April of volunteer events, donations, and employee education opportunities. The activities center around Aqua’s mission to protect…
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What to Know About PECO’s Default Service Plan
As an electric distribution company, PECO is focused on the safe and reliable delivery of electricity to area homes and businesses. While we are focused on the poles and wires, we do not own power plants or generate electricity, so we need to purchase energy for our customers through competitive market-based contracts. Specifically, we do…
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PECO Rewards Local Elementary Schools for Their Creativity with Natural Gas Safety
PECO recently recognized two Bucks County elementary schools with $5,000 grants for their student-created videos bringing PECO’s natural gas safety messaging to life. Part of PECO’s Natural Gas Safety Challenge, these winning videos highlighted important steps to take when smelling the distinctive rotten-egg odor of a potential natural gas leak. PECO piloted the safety video…
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