{"id":2970,"date":"2016-09-21T18:16:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eqat.org\/?p=2970"},"modified":"2023-12-19T18:18:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T18:18:14","slug":"electricians-say-peco-gives-them-the-runaround","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eqat.org\/electricians-say-peco-gives-them-the-runaround\/","title":{"rendered":"Electricians say PECO gives them the runaround"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--global-palette4);\">Update: On Sept 21, 2016, at the solar collaborative initiated as a response to this campaign, PECO announced it would change this requirement in the next year! After replacing every meter in its service area a couple years ago, the company finally admits it needs to prepare for solar.<\/em> <h3>Rob, Solar Electrician<\/h3> <p>PECO is only utility in the state, perhaps in the country, that requires a second meter to install solar. They did a big expensive &#8220;smart&#8221; meter upgrade a few years ago for the meters to be remote-readable, but these meters aren&#8217;t smart enough to handle on-site electricity generation. This was an expensive, wasted opportunity. PECO needs to have an exception from regulations to require this second meter, which is often ridiculous to install. <strong>I wish I\u2019d taken videos at some of the jobs I\u2019ve done, to show how hard it is to put in.<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-brent-solar-installer\">Brent, Solar Installer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If that isn\u2019t bad enough, PECO rules require that if you do work that \u201ctouches\u201d the existing In meter, and it is located indoors &#8212;&nbsp;<strong>often the case in older Philly row houses<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8212; you must move the existing meter and put the new meter outside.&nbsp;<strong>Moving the meters outside can easily add thousands of dollars to the cost of going solar or stop a project dead if the client does not want a meter on the outside of their house.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve spoken with PECO about the meter requirement and they admit the 2-meter requirement is NOT for safety reasons but because they use an antiquated billing system that isn\u2019t able to read two-direction meters. This is a terrible excuse. In aggregate they are pushing millions of dollars in expenses onto their customers that updating their system would correct once and for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tired of PECO&#8217;s runaround on local solar?&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eqat.org\/peco_runaround_and_walkathon\">Come to the PECO Runaround and Walkathon on October 1.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: On Sept 21, 2016, at the solar collaborative initiated as a response to this campaign, PECO announced it would change this requirement in the next year! After replacing every meter in its service area a couple years ago, the company finally admits it needs to prepare for solar. 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