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PECO's Building Of A Smart Grid, Investing In Distribution Automation For Better System Reliability.

Publication: Business Wire
Publication Date: 15-JUL-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Sophisticated smart switches will reduce outages, improve electric reliability for thousands of area customers

PHILADELPHIA -- All sorts of things can happen to cause power outages - trees can contact aerial utility lines, vehicles sometimes strike poles, birds and squirrels can make the wrong move and trip electrical equipment, equipment fails at times, and wind and lightning can result in power problems, for example.

One approach PECO is taking to improve electric service reliability is by making its distribution circuits operate "smarter." That is, sophisticated smart switches, also known as reclosers and sectionalizers, are installed with telecommunications to automatically sense "faults" or problems on a distribution circuit that cause outages...

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