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PECO’s electric distribution system includes 12,960 circuit miles of overhead lines and 9,218 circuit miles of underground lines.
Gas
The following table sets forth PECO’s natural gas pipeline miles at December 31, 2015:
Pipeline Miles
Transmission 30
Distribution 6,826
Service piping 6,220
Total 13,076
PECO has an LNG facility located in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania that has a storage capacity of 1,200 mmcf and a send-out capacity
of 157 mmcf/day and a propane-air plant located in Chester, Pennsylvania, with a tank storage capacity of 150 mmcf and a peaking capability of
25 mmcf/day. In addition, PECO owns 31 natural gas city gate stations and direct pipeline customer delivery points at various locations throughout
its gas service territory.
First Mortgage and Insurance
The principal properties of PECO are subject to the lien of PECO’s Mortgage dated May 1, 1923, as amended and supplemented, under
which PECO’s first and refunding mortgage bonds are issued.
PECO maintains property insurance against loss or damage to its properties by fire or other perils, subject to certain exceptions. For its
insured losses, PECO is self-insured to the extent that any losses are within the policy deductible or exceed the amount of insurance maintained.
Any such losses could have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition or results of operations of PECO.
BGE
BGE’s electric substations and a significant portion of its transmission lines are located on property that BGE owns. A significant portion of
its electric transmission and distribution facilities is located above or underneath highways, streets, other public places or property that others own.
BGE believes that it has satisfactory rights to use those places or property in the form of permits, grants, easements and licenses; however, it
has not necessarily undertaken to examine the underlying title to the land upon which the rights rest.
Transmission and Distribution
BGE’s high voltage electric transmission lines owned and in service at December 31, 2015 were as follows:
Voltage (Volts) Circuit Miles
500,000 218
230,000 322
138,000 55
115,000 703
BGE’s electric distribution system includes 9,190 circuit miles of overhead lines and 16,841 circuit miles of underground lines.
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Source: BALTIMORE GAS & ELECTRIC CO, 10-K, February 10, 2016 Powered by Morningstar® Document Research℠
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