Montgomery Community Media

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 […]

Montgomery County firefighters responded to a brush fire last night at Cheshire Drive and Berkshire Drive in Bethesda. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the fire was caused by downed wires in the area. Piringer said there were power outages in the area because of the incident. U/D Wildwood Neighborhood, vicinity Berkshire Dr & […]

Pepco crews are working to enhance the power grid in two areas of Montgomery County today and dozens of customers in Rockville and Bethesda are without power while the work is underway. Courtney Nogas, Pepco’s regional communications director, said about 230 customers are impacted by the reliability work in Bethesda and 15 customers are affected […]

Bundle up, it’s cold outside! Here are five more things to know today, Nov. 3, in Montgomery County: 1. A house fire in Bethesda on Sunday morning caused about $250,000 in damage. 2. Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner and State Senator Brian Feldman have written a letter to the Public Service Commission asking for a […]

In a joint letter on Oct. 31, Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner (D-1) and Maryland State Senator Brian Feldman (D-15), who both represent Potomac, asked the Public Service Commission to place a temporary, two-week stay on expansive tree cutting currently going on along Pepco right-of-way in Potomac. The letter argued that the Commission should use […]

A flood watch advisory was issued for the the following areas: Montgomery, Anne Arundel, Frederick, Howard, and Prince George’s counties. According to the National Weather Service, a powerful cold front is set to hit the area today. Residents should expect heavy rain, strong thunderstorms, and potential for flooding. The rain may cause flooding in urban areas. One […]

Some Potomac Crest residents filed a lawsuit this past summer to try and save some trees in their backyard. The residents said there next court date is scheduled for Oct. 8. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports.   Related:

UPDATED, Sept. 23, 10:53 a.m.- A Pepco spokesman said there is an equipment failure on one of the main lines in the area and crews are headed to the scene of the outage Wednesday. ORIGINAL POST- More than 1,000 Pepco customers are without power in the Montgomery Village area Wednesday. According to the Pepco outage […]

Here are five things to know today, Sept. 18, in Montgomery County: 1- Police are searching a new lead in the Lyon sisters case. 2- Pepco is asking customers to conserve energy in a test event today. Find out more about that event here. 3- When is a smart phone a dumb idea? Check out the […]

Pepco is asking all of its customers to conserve energy from 2 – 3 p.m. on Thursday as part of a test event required by PJM, the Regional Transmission Organization or grid operator for Maryland and the District of Columbia. The power supply in the region is expected to be sufficient to meet demand. For […]