Montgomery Community Media

Pepco is providing 1,500 free trees to customers in Maryland and the District of Columbia through its Energy-Saving Trees program. It’s the fifth year of the Pepco-Arbor Day Foundation partnership that provides two trees per household while supplies last. This year, the free trees are more developed as they’re lightly branched and 2 to 4 […]

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) employees are warning customers of a new scam targeting Washington area residents. According to a WSSC news release, scam artists are calling residents offering a fraudulent water discount. If you receive such a call, you are asked to report it to the authorities immediately. WSSC wants customers to know it […]

Updated The call for load reduction has been extended two hours and will be in effect through 8 p.m. This means that Pepco will cycle Energy Wise Rewards participants’ air conditioner compressors off for short intervals during these hours. It may take up to a half-hour after the event ends for air conditioners to resume […]

UPDATED 9/9 Severe thunderstorms with high winds and heavy rains rolled through Montgomery County during the afternoon of Sept. 8. The storms knocked out power to thousands of Montgomery County residents. At one point, over 20,000 Pepco customers were without electricity. Before and during the storms, the National Weather Service (NWS) issued several warnings including […]

Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner talks about Pepco and alleges data distortion following the power outages after the June 29 storm. Take a look.