Article: Philadelphia Electric Minority Business Development Program contracts increase by 50 percent to $30 million.

PE MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

CONTRACTS INCREASE BY 50 PERCENT TO $30 MILLION

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Philadelphia Electric Co. (NYSE: PE) said today that contract awards through its Minority Business Development Program increased by 50 percent to $30 million in 1990.

According to Earl K. Parker, program director, PE's program to develop and use minority vendors within its service territory has become the most successful such utility program in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, increasing 30-fold over the past decade.

When the program began in 1981, he said, PE awarded 47 contracts, valued at ...

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