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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 […]

Grid Resiliency Task Force Report considers the impact of potential infrastructure investments. Governor Martin O’Malley today released findings and recommendations to improve the resiliency of Maryland’s electric distribution system. The report, “Weathering the Storm: Report of the Grid Resiliency Taskforce,” contains 11 recommendations, including a four-step implementation plan that would accelerate investment designed to strengthen […]

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley was in Montgomery County on July 16 and My MCMedia’s Sonya Burke asked the governor about his thoughts on Pepco in advance of this week’s July 19 Council debriefing. O’Malley said he thought Council President Roger Berliner has some good ideas and the governor also stressed the need to strengthen the […]

Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner blasted Pepco’s performance following the June 29 storm and he said the Public Service Commission needs “to hold Pepco’s feet to the fire.” Take a look at this clip from Berliner’s July 9 press conference at the Council Office Building. Want to learn more, view the entire July 9 […]