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February 27, 2017 | Sonya Burke

Berliner Asks PSC to Enforce Reliability Requirements in Pepco/Exelon Merger (VIDEO)

Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner, who chairs the Council’s Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment (T&E) Committee, is asking the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) to enforce the reliability requirements in its order approving the Pepco/Exelon merger. According to Berliner, a key element of the PSC’s approval, back in 2015, “was that Pepco’s reliability performance […]

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October 1, 2015 | Staff Writer

Pepco Preparing for Heavy Rain and Possible Outages

Pepco is preparing for possible outages with forecasts calling for heavy rain this weekend, possibly producing localized flooding. Early forecasts also show that Hurricane Joaquin could generate additional heavy rain with sustained winds over 40 mph Sunday evening or early Monday in our area. According to a Pepco news release, officials are monitoring weather forecasts […]

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November 26, 2014 | Sonya Burke

Pepco Puts Crews on Standby for Winter Weather Event

Pepco is monitoring the winter weather system that is forecast for Maryland today and says crews are ready to respond to potential outages. Heavy snow, wet snow and ice and wind can bring trees limbs into contact with power lines to cause power outages. Outages can also occur due to drivers skidding into poles along […]

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January 7, 2014 | Staff Writer

Pepco Power Outages, Customers Asked to Conserve Electricity

UPDATED at 3:07 p.m. the number of power outages is now just over 300 in Montgomery County. UPDATED at 11:27 a.m. the number of power outages was up to 2,600 customers in Montgomery County. UPDATED at 8:19 a.m. the number of power outages was down to 2,100 in Montgomery County. ORIGINAL POST Over 2,400 Pepco […]

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