PECO:
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WHAT: |
From Philadelphia's own Ben Franklin charging a brand new Chevy Volt -- now part of PECO's growing environmentally friendly fleet; to a check presentation for the first PECO Smart Driver Rebate customer; to getting up close and personal with other electric cars like the Nissan Leaf, Mitsubishi MiEV, Fisker Karma, Tesla and CODA; to learning more from the City of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission; officials from PECO and the local electric vehicle community gather to announce the launch of PECO Smart Driver Rebates, the company's newest PECO Smart Idea program for electric vehicle and electric vehicle charger customers. |
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WHO: |
Ben Franklin, Father of Electricity | ||||
| Craig Adams, President and CEO, PECO | |||||
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Rina Cutler, Deputy Mayor for Transportation and Utilities, City of Philadelphia |
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Barry Seymour, Executive Director Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission |
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| The First PECO Smart Driver Rebate Customer | |||||
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WHERE: |
PECO Parking Lot | ||||
| 23rd Street Across from PECO | |||||
| Entrances on 22nd and 23rd Street | |||||
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(NOTE: Due to the event, for safety reasons parking is not available in the lot. Ample parking is available for the media along 22nd and 23rd Streets and along Market Street) |
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WHEN: |
Tuesday, June 5 | ||||
| 2 p.m. -- 2:30 p.m. | |||||
BACKGROUND: With PECO Smart Driver Rebates, PECO will offer rebates and incentives for residential and business customers investing in new electric vehicle technology. Specifically:
- PECO will pay residential and business customers $50 per car just for letting us know they have purchased an electric vehicle. This will help us know where customers will be charging their cars so we can make sure our system is ready to meet any increased demand for electricity.
- For government, institutional and non-profit customers, PECO will pay $1,000 per unit toward the cost of installing up to two Level 2 public chargers, and will pay local counties up to $3,000 to install a Level 2 public charging station in each of the counties PECO serves.
In addition to our core mission of providing safe and reliable electric and natural gas service to the communities we serve, PECO and all of Exelon share a strong commitment to protecting and preserving the environment.
As part of PECO's ongoing environmental efforts, locally we have partnered with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission on a study to understand what impact the increased use of electric vehicles will have on our region. We also recently added two Chevy volts to our fleet and have partnered with the Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI) to assist them in their ongoing study of electric vehicle use. These new green vehicles join more than 740 other hybrid, natural gas, flex fuel and biodiesel vehicles currently in PECO's fleet.
From operating an environmentally-friendly fleet to launching PECO Smart Ideas to help our customers save energy and money, all of our local environmental efforts contribute to and support Exelon 2020: A Low-Carbon Roadmap, the comprehensive environmental strategy of our parent company.
Based in Philadelphia, PECO is an electric and natural gas utility subsidiary of Exelon Corporation . PECO serves 1.6 million electric and 494,000 natural gas customers in southeastern Pennsylvania and employs about 2,400 people in the region. PECO delivered 82.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 38.1 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2011. 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.
