Utilities
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Aqua Pennsylvania Breaks Ground on Crum Creek Water Treatment Plant Improvement Project
Aqua Pennsylvania broke ground at its Crum Creek Water Treatment Plant in Springfield today. Aqua leadership joined elected officials and community leaders to kick off a construction project that will ensure safe drinking water for customers in Delaware County. The plant upgrades will improve service and water quality and are the latest example of Aqua’s…
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Aqua Pennsylvania Debuts ‘Sure Splash’ Program
Aqua Pennsylvania, an Essential Utilities company, is helping more families be safe and sure while they enjoy the water this summer through a $50,000 investment in community-based water safety programs. The donations were made through the company’s Essential Foundation as part of Aqua’s new Sure Splash initiative. As a drinking water and wastewater service provider,…
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PECO Celebrates National Lineworker Appreciation Day
Each year on July 10, PECO joins utilities across the country to honor lineworkers who work tirelessly to provide our customers with the safe, reliable energy service they depend on to power their lives. We recognize the lineworkers who work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to keep the lights on and gas…
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Aqua PA Secures Nearly $78M in Low-Interest Loans for 133,000+ Feet of Water Mains, New Fire Hydrants
Aqua Pennsylvania has secured low-interest loan funding through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) to support its ongoing commitment to replace aging infrastructure across Pennsylvania. The $77.5 million in funding will support 21 projects to install new and replace aging water mains and fire hydrants over the next three years, resulting in reduced water loss…
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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 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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Delaware County Leadership: Randy Hayman, Esq. Commissioner and CEO, Philadelphia Water
Randy Hayman, Commissioner and CEO of the Philadelphia Water Department, spoke to DELCO 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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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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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 Delaware 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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