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Pepco is trying to make it easier for District of Columbia and Maryland customers to install solar panels on their rooftops and connect them to the electric distribution system. According to a Pepco news release, these changes should allow customers, who are interested in installing solar panels, to bypass the paper process and instead complete […]

Gaithersburg leaders have scheduled a closed door meeting to follow tonight’s work session at City Hall. According to a note posted on the City’s website, the topics to be discussed at the executive session are small cell facilities, a Memorandum of Understanding with Montgomery County regarding the Development Impact Tax, and the PEPCO Rate Case. […]

Here are five things to know today, April 20, in Montgomery County: 1. Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett is scheduled to hold a live discussion today at 2 p.m. Residents will have the opportunity to send questions directly to the County Executive through an interactive online forum.   2. Early voting continues from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. […]

Pepco is proposing a rate hike for customers in Maryland. The average customer would pay an additional $15.80 per month. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Willie James Inman ask residents what they think about the proposed rate increase. Related:

On Tuesday, Pepco filed rate hike request with the Maryland Public Service Commission. The proposed rate hike would cost the average customer about $15.80 per month.  In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner, who is the Chair of the Council’s Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee, promised to fight Pepco’s proposed rate […]

After a multi-billion dollar merger with Exelon, Pepco filed a rate hike request with the Maryland Public Service Commission on Tuesday. According to a news release, Pepco submitted the request to recover costs associated with investments in Maryland’s power grid.  The proposed rate hike comes a week after Pepco began to send out $50 statement credits […]

Starting today, Pepco Maryland residential customers will receive the first of two $50 bill credits as a result of the merger between Exelon and Pepco Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Pepco. The more than $50 million in credits will be distributed in two $50 installments – one now and one a year from now […]

It’s official, PEPCO and Exelon have now completed a multi-billion dollar merger. Exelon received the final green light to purchase PEPCO after the Washington D.C. Public Service Commission (PSC) voted two to one in favor of the deal on Wednesday. Key leaders in the District, including Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Attorney General Karl Racine have […]

The Washington D.C. Public Service Commission (PSC) voted in favor of the PEPCO-Exelon merger on Wednesday. After several tumultuous months, both companies can now begin the next steps of a multi-billion dollar merger.  In a two to one vote, the PSC ruled that the merger would benefit District customers and “is in the public interest.” The […]

Pepco executives said the company will provide 1,350 free trees to customers in the District of Columbia and Maryland through the Energy-Saving Trees program just in time for spring gardening. It’s the sixth year of the partnership that helps customers conserve energy and reduce household electric bills through strategic tree planting. Since 2011, Pepco customers […]