RESOLUTION _____

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF

LOWER MAKEFIELD, COUNTY OF BUCKS, COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA RESOLVING THAT TOWNSHIP WILL WORK TO ENSURE
CONSISTENT ELECTRICAL POWER SERVICE IN LOWER MAKEFIELD
TOWNSHIP

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, Some 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 by

PECO 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, wildlife
and 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 its

2019 Pennsylvania Electric Reliability Report (published in July 2020) that PECO’s
Customer Average Interruption Duration Index (CAIDI) performance has spiked above
benchmark and standard and requires management attention.

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 to

enforce Chapter 175 of the Township Codei to ensure all recent and future
repairs to our utility infrastructure are permitted and inspected.
2. The Township’s Electricity Reliability Committee will request comprehensive
 outage data from PECO 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
functional electrical 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 pursue
additional solutions to resolve inconsistent power service.
4. The Board of Supervisors will work with our State Senator and State
Representative to lobby for comprehensive electrical utility service level
agreements with penalties for non-performance.
5. The Board of Supervisors will publicly oppose any future merger requests by
Exelon Corporation with the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission and
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission until such time as every household
and business in the representative sample receives a minimum up time and full
functional electrical service 99.5% during the prior 24 calendar months.
6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately.

RESOLVED, this __th day of _____ 2020.

LOWER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

By: _______________________________

Fredric Weiss, Chairman

_____________________________________

James McCartney, Secretary

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