Atlantic City Electric completes final prep for summer storm season

Atlantic City Electric said its crews have been performing essential work to ready the local energy grid against severe weather and increased customer demand. This hard works helps to harden Atlantic City Electric’s energy infrastructure against the growing impact of severe summer weather and hurricanes.

Atlantic City Electric crews continue to perform essential maintenance and upgrades that further enhance service reliability and make the local energy grid more resilient to power the company’s 560,000 customers across southern New Jersey.

“Our commitment to provide reliable energy is proven everyday by the thousands of employees working to protect the local energy grid against increasingly severe weather events and prepare for increased customer demand,” Tamla Olivier, senior vice president and chief operating officer, Pepco Holdings, which includes Atlantic City Electric, said. “We take our responsibility to keep homes and business powered seriously. The work we are doing is not only making the grid more reliable and more resilient, but is creating the pathway to cleaner energy options for our customers.”

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