PASSED

This legislation grants PECO Energy Company permission to install and operate a wireless communications system using public rights-of-way and City-owned property, such as streetlights and traffic signal poles. The system is restricted exclusively to internal use for gas and electric meter reading, outage management, and related customer services. It affects PECO customers by facilitating automated utility tracking and involves agreements with the City regarding fees, insurance, and equipment maintenance.

Granting permission to PECO Energy Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, and its successors, assigns, agents, and contractors, to construct, install, maintain and operate, use, repair, replace, and remove a wireless communications system and appurtenances, in, over, under and across the public rights-of-way and City streets; and/or on certain City-owned or controlled street light fixtures, street light poles, and traffic signal poles as designated by the Streets Commissioner and the Commissioner of Public Property; and/or within or on the existing facilities owned by other entities holding a grant of permission pursuant to other City ordinances; with use of such wireless communication system restricted solely to the internal use by PECO Energy Company for activities and services directly related to telemetric meter reading, including meter reading, outage management, metering services directly related thereto, and other related services for its electric and gas customers which may be ap...