PECO Joins Safe Electricity Coalition, Offers Tips for May National Electric Safety Month.PHILADELPHIA -- PECO PECO Países da Europa Central e Oriental (Portugal) PECO Philadelphia Electric Company PECO Public Education Capital Outlay PECO Pelagic Cormorant (phalacrocorax pelagicus) has joined an award-winning coalition of electric utilities and educators from 18 states committed to promoting electrical safety among children, consumers and contractors. The coalition has grown from its founding in early 2001 to include more than 200 members, providing electrical safety resources online at www.SafeElectricity.org. Accidents and fires involving electricity result in more than a thousand deaths and tens of thousands of injuries each year. Prevention of electricity-related tragedies is the goal of during this National Electrical Safety Month and PECO's safety outreach Outreach is an effort by an organization or group to connect its ideas or practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups, specific audiences or the general public. efforts all year-round. You don't have to travel far to see a live power line demonstration. Just log on to www.SafeElectricity.org and click on the link that says "View a Live Line Demo here." The 30 minute video-streamed program is just one of thousands of resources available on the Web site dedicated to educating people about electrical safety. The program demonstrates everyday situations, such as how Mylar balloons can become an electrical danger and cause power outages This is a list of famous wide-scale power outages. 1965
The SafeElectricity.org Web site, which has received millions of visits, is an easy-to-use resource for all consumers - adults and children, teachers, farmers, contractors, businesses, public safety officials, Hispanic consumers and more. The site is continually con·tin·u·al adj. 1. Recurring regularly or frequently: the continual need to pay the mortgage. 2. updated and provides thousands of pages of content, including enhanced interactive offerings for educators and children. John Boyle John Boyle may be:
"We must have a healthy respect for electricity, and we are pleased to bring the valuable resources of Safe Electricity to our customers. Information and awareness create life-saving attitudes and actions," said Boyle. "Our employees take responsibility each day for their own safety, working around electricity and natural gas. We hope this message during National Electrical Safety Month extends to families and contractors so they will take a more active role in staying safe." Indoors, Boyle encourages every household to have ground fault circuit interrupters (GFCIs) in any room where appliances can be used near water, such as the kitchen, bathroom, laundry room A laundry room (also called a utility room) is a room where clothes are washed. In a modern home, a laundry room would be equipped with an automatic washing machine and clothes dryer,and often a large basin, called a laundry tub, for hand-washing delicate articles of clothing such and basement. Additionally, he advises, do not overload See information overload and overloading. electrical outlets or extension cords, especially in home offices or entertainment areas, label the circuit breaker circuit breaker, electric device that, like a fuse, interrupts an electric current in a circuit when the current becomes too high. The advantage of a circuit breaker is that it can be reset after it has been tripped; a fuse must be replaced after it has been used box or fuse box for easy reference when problems occur, use plastic caps on unused electrical outlets if there are young children at home, and be sure all electrical cords are in good condition. Outdoors, stay away from a fallen power line; always stay at least 10 feet away from power lines when climbing or pruning pruning, the horticultural practice of cutting away an unwanted, unnecessary, or undesirable plant part, used most often on trees, shrubs, hedges, and woody vines. a tree, painting, or working on the roof; never touch anything electrical when wet or standing in water; and always call PA One Call at 8-1-1 prior to digging so underground utilities are not hit during landscaping or other activities around the house. For more electrical safety information, or information about the Safe Electricity program, visit www.pecosafety.com or www.SafeElectricty.org. Based in Philadelphia, PECO is an electric and natural gas utility subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :EXC EXC Exception EXC Excellent Condition EXC Excellency EXC Enduro Cross Country (motorcycle racing/riding style) EXC Electronic Cross Connect (Nortel) EXC Exchange Component EXC Exclusion Dictionary ). PECO serves 1.6 million electric and 480,000 natural gas customers in southeastern Pennsylvania. In 2006, the company delivered 38.2 million megawatt-hours (Mwh) of electricity and 76.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas to residential, business and institutional customers. PECO's energy delivery services generated $5.17 billion in revenue for Exelon. Founded in 1881, PECO is one of the Greater Philadelphia Region's most active corporate citizens, providing leadership, volunteer and financial support to numerous arts and culture, education, environmental, economic development and community programs and organizations. |
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