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In this MyMCMedia extra, learn about the dangers of a downed, live wire or powerline and the safety precautions taken during the restoration process of a power outage. Pepco’s Emergency Preparedness Manager Pete Pedersen narrates this demonstration. For more information, visit Pepco’s website. Related:

Pepco continues to prepare for the peak hurricane season, which continues until late October. The utility is reminding customers not to get complacent because of a calm summer. Despite a mild summer, the National Weather Service predicts the remaining hurricane season to be above-normal with an increased chance of a major hurricane hitting the U.S. […]

As the Hurricane season draws near, Pepco wanted to remind the community to prepare for the 2013 hurricane season. The National Weather Service predicts this season will bring an average of 20 hurricanes.

UPDATED 11/2/12 at 12 noon Pepco has provided a press release stating Pepco fully restored power to all customers who lost electrical service as the result of Hurricane Sandy as of 9:12 pm on October 30 with the vast majority of customers restored with 30 hours on storm’s onset. Here is the press release: WASHINGTON, […]

From earthquakes, violent storms and long power outages, Are you ready? On this episode of Connecting Our Community we will give you a refresher course on Emergency Preparedness 101. Host Pat Shoemaker reviews the basics with guests, Cheryl Kravitz the Marketing and Communication Director for the American Red Cross in the National Capital Region and Jenny Kurtinitis, […]