How PECO’s Reliability & Resiliency 2030 Plan Will Keep the Lights on for Customers  

In late December 2025, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) approved PECO’s third electric Long-Term Infrastructure Improvement Plan. This plan, also known as our Reliability & Resiliency 2030 Plan, serves as a roadmap for the strategic investment of $1.97 billion over a five-year period in reliability-focused infrastructure improvements.  

These strategic investments will help to prevent customer outages, modernize the electric grid, and reduce the impact of extreme weather on electric infrastructure. This work will also support the adoption of cleaner energy resources.  

This plan is part of the company’s overall system investment to keep the lights on and natural gas flowing for customers. During the next five years, we will be investing nearly $10 billion to complete targeted system enhancements and corrective maintenance, invest in new equipment, inspect equipment, and perform enhanced vegetation management.   

Will it reduce power outages?  

Yes, the primary goal of the plan is to prevent power outages for customers. The plan will focus on four priority areas of infrastructure improvement for accelerated investment, all which are aimed at preventing outages for customers. Those areas include preventing outages related to more extreme storms, proactively replacing electric cable, replacing or retiring aging substation equipment and small substations, and replacing obsolete electric meters.  

Working to prevent storm-related outages  

To combat the effects of a changing climate and more frequent and severe storms, like the severe storms experienced in February and June in 2025, PECO will invest approximately $570 million on targeted investments in areas that have experienced repeated storm-related outages. Improvements include replacing poles, wires, and other equipment to better withstand wind and ice and retiring older substations and upgrading portions of the electric system these facilities serve.  

Replacing aging electric cable  

Approximately $685 million will be invested to accelerate the targeted replacement of approximately 1,000 miles of electric distribution cable, typically installed underground, to prevent frequent and extended outages.    

Upgrading or retiring aging substation equipment and small substations  

Approximately $13 million will be allocated to proactively replace aging substation equipment, including switchgear and associated equipment like transformers, within substations to prevent issues before they occur. Nearly $495 million will also be dedicated to retiring additional small, obsolete substations.   

Replacing Aging electric meters  

Approximately $206 million will be allocated to proactively replace approximately 800,000 aging electric meters. Upgrading meters now helps avoid potential issues like communication loss, which could impact our ability to detect outages, perform remote operations, and receive important safety and reliability alerts. This proactive approach ensures we maintain a safe, reliable, and responsive electric system for our customers.  

How does this support clean energy?  

In addition to improving service reliability in targeted areas, the system improvements will also pave the way for additional cleaner energy resources, like solar, and support vehicle electrification throughout the service territory. Retiring aging substations and upgrading portions of the electric system with new equipment and increasing the voltage of nearby circuits also increases the ability to support more customer-owned solar generation facilities. Ensuring reliable power also becomes more critical as the use of electric vehicles expands and customers increasingly rely on charging capabilities at their homes for vehicles.