PECO has contracted with ASPLUNDH to thin out and trim branches from around power lines for years. But this year, crews are not just trimming branches, but cutting trees to the ground in many areas.

PHILADELPHIA — PECO, the region’s supplier of electricity and natural gas, plans to implement a three-point strategy in order to cut the company’s soaring fuel costs as well as greenhouse ...

well-written and restrained response to a piece of shameless PECO spin.The issue on the table is the clear-cutting of the woodlands under PECO’s transmission lines off Heyburn Road in Chadds Ford.