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A Night with the Heroes of the PEC Control Center

Join the vigilant, hard-working heroes in the PEC control center, who are always there, working behind the scenes to protect the reliability of your electric service. Scroll down to follow along with one family’s restoration journey!

Comic book cover illustration of a woman sitting in front of a wall of monitors analyzing data.
Illustration of two pairs of eye balls in the dark: BOOM! "Honey, the power’s gone out! Alert PEC!"
Illustration of a woman sitting in front of a computer: ALERT! ALERT! "Rats! Meters are going offline! Send a signal to the Crew in Blue to investigate!"
Illustration of a lineman looking at pole arcing: "Control Center, we’ve got a lightning strike at pole #1938. We need to re-route power to get as many members as we can back online!"
Illustration of a woman sitting in front of computer: "We’re on it! Initiating backfeed now. We’ll have most of these members back on in no time! Isolating the damaged equipment keepS your crew safe during repairs."
Illustration of a family huddled together: "PEC is on it!"
Illustration of two linemen shaking hands: "Come in control center — we’re clear to re-energize."
Illustration of a woman sitting in front of computer: "Another outage restored safely and efficiently. All in a night’s work!"
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