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RESOLUTION _____
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE TOWNSHIPOF LOWER
MAKEFIELD, COUNTY OF BUCKS, COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA RESOLVING THAT TOWNSHIP WILL WORK TO ENSURE
CONSISTENT ELECTRICAL POWER SERVICE IN LOWER
MAKEFIELDTOWNSHIP
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Lower
Makefield has
determined that PECO Energy, an Exelon Company, has failed to
deliver consistent
electrical power service to residences and business of Lower
Makefield Township; and
WHEREAS, Many Lower Makefield Residents and businesses have
experienced
less than 99% uptime over the past 5 years; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors have determined that frequent
electric
power outages have had a significant negative economic and
social impact on our
Township; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors have determined that slow
response byPECO Energy has reduced public safety and caused
significant costs to the Township;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors understands that power outages
are caused
by a multitude of factors including vegetation, weather events,
equipment issues, wildlifeand public damage, but finds that many
issues are a result of an inadequate electrical
transmission infrastructure and outage restoration response
within Lower Makefield
Township; and
WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission has
determined in a
review of the worst performing circuit data, that PECO should
analyze the 14 circuits in
Bucks County that contributed a high number of outages of a
duration greater than 72hours; and
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WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors recognizes the work of many in
the
community to develop a constructive dialogue with PECO Energy,
an Exelon Company;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors will no longer accept poor
uptime
performance by PECO Energy, an Exelon Company.
NOW THEREFORE, the Board of Supervisors does hereby resolve
the
following:
1. In so far as is practicable, the Township shall make every
reasonable effort toenforce Chapter 175 of the Township Code
iito ensure all recent and future
repairs to our utility infrastructure are permitted and
inspected.
2. The Board of Supervisors will request comprehensive outage
data from PECO
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Energy for a representative sample of 375 household and business
addresses.
Data shall be collected for the five (5) previous years. Future
data will be
requested each quarter until such time as every household and
business in the
representative sample receives a minimum up time and full
functionalelectrical service 99.5% during the prior 24 calendar
months.
3.
The Board of Supervisors will work with the Bucks County
Commissioners,and the Bucks County Association of Township
Officials (BCATO) to pursueadditional solutions to resolve
inconsistent power service.
4. The Board of Supervisors will work with our State Senator and
StateRepresentative to lobby for comprehensive electrical utility
service levelagreements with penalties for non-performance.
5. The Board of Supervisors will publicly oppose any future
merger requests byExelon Corporation with the Pennsylvania Public
Utilities Commission and
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission until such time as every
householdand business in the representative sample receives a
minimum up time and full
functional electrical service 99.5% during the prior 24 calendar
months.
6.
The Board of Supervisors will appoint a five member Citizens
EnergyCommission to monitor compliance with this Resolution.
Citizens Energy
Commission members shall have voting power and shall select a
Chairperson.
The duties of the Citizens Energy Commission are as follows: a)
review the
outage data provided by PECO to the Board of Supervisors and
report on theperformance of PECO before the Board of Supervisors on
quarterly basis; b)
attend Exelon Shareholder Meetings and Earnings Calls to ask
about efforts to
ensure that Lower Makefield receives consistent electrical power
service; andc) vote to recommend that the Township and its
controlled funds votes for or
against the current Exelon Corporation Board of Directors.
7. This Resolution shall become effective immediately.RESOLVED,
this __thday of _____ 2014.
LOWER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
By:_______________________________
Dobby Dobson, Chairman
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Pete Stainthorpe, Secretary/Treasurer
