Current Reliability Projects

At Atlantic City Electric, we care about the communities we serve, and we take seriously our commitment to deliver clean, safe, reliable, and affordable energy for all customers. Every day, work is being performed as part of our strategic effort to modernize and strengthen the local energy grid and better serve our customers. This effort includes dozens of targeted projects to install stronger utility poles and new, state-of-the-art equipment in communities across South Jersey. These upgrades continue to improve reliability for our customers by reducing the frequency and duration of outages.

Much of the work we do is focused on hardening our local infrastructure against more damaging winds and extreme flooding. Across our service area, we are continuing to see the impacts of more frequent and more severe weather driven by climate change. We are continually analyzing the local energy grid to identify critical infrastructure projects to help communities across South Jersey become more resilient to the impacts of storms and hurricanes.

Rio Grande Substation Rebuild

This Rio Grande substation enhancement project, which is expected to be completed in June 2019, will improve reliability for thousands of customers in Middle and Lower townships in Cape May County. The project consists of upgrading our substation located on Route 47 in Rio Grande. Crews installed new electric equipment, including three new transformers, new devices that are used to control and protect the equipment at the site, animal guarding, and a new control building that exceeds flood level elevation requirements.

Salem to Woodstown Transmission Line Upgrades

The Salem to Woodstown transmission line upgrades are expected to be completed in July 2019 and will improve reliability for thousands of customers in Salem County and the surrounding area. The project includes upgrading more than 10 miles of existing electric transmission line in Salem City, Alloway, Mannington, Pilesgrove, and other parts of Salem County. Crews are installing specialized equipment that can automatically restore service more quickly or isolate damage, new steel utility poles capable of withstanding winds up to 120 miles per hour, new switches and other devices, and reinforced aerial transmission line cable.

Monroe to Tansboro Transmission Line

Our Monroe to Tansboro transmission line upgrades are expected to be completed by the end of June 2019. This work will improve energy service reliability for more than 83,000 customers in Camden and Gloucester counties. The project upgrades more than 8 miles of existing electric transmission line along Williamstown/New Freedom Road in Winslow Township and along Sicklerville Road in Monroe Township. New state-of-the-art steel utility poles that can withstand more extreme weather, stronger aerial transmission line cable, switches, and other modern electric devices were also installed to enhance service for customers in the area.

Atlantic City/Brigantine Community Reliability Project

The Atlantic City/Brigantine Community Reliability Project includes replacing an existing substation and rebuilding two critical transmission lines between Atlantic City and Brigantine to strengthen the local energy infrastructure against more extreme weather and improve reliability for customers. The transmission lines will be rebuilt with new steel utility poles capable of withstanding hurricane-force winds up to 120 mph, while the state-of-the-art substation will be equipped with new features to handle more extreme weather. Together, these upgrades will create a modern energy infrastructure connecting Atlantic City and Brigantine that is stronger and more resilient. This improved infrastructure will lead to fewer storm-related outages and better reliability for customers. Construction is expected to begin in Fall 2020 and be completed by May 2022.

We are continuing to design this project and are committed to working closely with our customers and communities to address questions and minimize any potential impacts. A community open house will be held on July 13 at the Brigantine Community Center, where our project team will provide more details and answer questions. If you would like additional information, please contact us at our dedicated project phone number 609-625-8888 or email address ACBrigReliability@exeloncorp.com.

HAVE QUESTIONS? ATTEND OUR COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE.

Date: July 13, 2019

Time: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Location: Brigantine Community Center

265 42nd Street

Brigantine, NJ 08203

PowerAhead Project

PowerAhead is our strategic grid resiliency initiative to modernize and enhance energy infrastructure in areas that have experienced outages during severe storms. Between 2017 and 2022, we will strengthen the grid and perform necessary system upgrades through this targeted initiative across portions of our service area. PowerAhead's planned projects include:

Increasing system automation and remote control for faster and safer restoration by rebuilding power lines and installing specialized equipment that can automatically restore service more quickly or isolate damage
Undergrounding existing power lines in targeted areas
Upgrading and expanding local energy grid connections between the barrier islands and the mainland to improve resiliency in case of extreme weather events
Upgrading and making structural and equipment enhancements, including replacing single operations fuses with reusable electronic fuses to support the automatic restoration of service

Orchard to Lewis Transmission Reliability Projects

We completed a project in June 2019, replacing 41 miles of transmission line between the Orchard substation in Salem County and the Lewis substation in Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County. This reliability enhancement project benefits more than half of our 556,000 customers by modernizing infrastructure, meeting demand for electricity and improving service reliability. The project included several substantial transmission system upgrades across five counties and 13 municipalities from Atlantic to Salem counties.

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