PECO Loses Power

Philadelphia's major electric company lost power at its downtown headquarters, leading to a building-wide evacuation.

Fire Capt. Jeffrey Thompson says firefighters responding to the PECO building on Wednesday found that a transformer had malfunctioned.

A spokesperson for PECO did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

PECO serves 1.6 million electric and 486,000 natural gas customers in southeastern Pennsylvania. It is a subsidiary of Exelon Corp.
 

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