Construction Schedule Guidelines
Process to Establish Need Date
The Need Date for a customer's request is "the date that the customer requires our service to be complete, including energized and meter set".
- Need Date is not the schedule date. PECO will schedule your project to begin in time to allow for the scope of the project to be completed by your Need Date, if the appropriate lead time has been provided.
- Customer Need Dates are determined using the following major factors:
- Customer's readiness
- Scope of work
- Lead time provided by contractor
- Work management schedule availability
- Customer's obligations
- Work Management schedule availability
- Lead time is required after receiving your application to process the request. This lead time is required for project management activities such as site meetings, estimate, contracts, design, permitting, and easements prior to scheduling.
- Scheduling activities places your project in the work management timeline. These timelines vary based on scope of construction work involved to provide energy to your project.
- When evaluating the lead time to meet your Need Date, please factor in the project management activities and scheduling activities to ensure PECO can support your Need Date.
- Customer Readiness: The requirements specified for each job are the customer's responsibility to complete prior to PECO starting the project. Examples of customer readiness include: approved city inspection, site readiness, contracts signed and payment received, ground within final grade, paved roadways.
- Customer Need Dates that do not meet the lead time requirements will be evaluated by New Business to determine if accommodations can be made.
Examples of typical lead times for residential and commercial job types, based on the scope of work associated with your service construction project are attached here.