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PECO: No Plans for Rolling Outages
Despite information that short-term blackouts may happen in the area on Tuesday, a PECO spokesperson told Patch on Tuesday that there is no indication of that happening.
Despite information that short-term blackouts may happen in the area on Tuesday, a PECO spokesperson told Patch on Tuesday that there is no indication of that happening.
The energy company employees have been calling around the area all morning correcting the misinformation.
PECO is not calling for any rolling black outs today, the spokesperson said, adding that the decision to shut power does not even come from PECO, but rather from PMJ Interconnections, the electric transmission grid operator that governs the grid in 13 states and the District of Columbia.
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According to the spokesperson, PECO has seen “very minimal outages today.” It was 600 out of 1.6 million customers last time she checked.
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