Montgomery Community Media

Pepco crews restored power to thousands of customers who lost service during the Dec. 8 winter storm. The vast majority of customers were expected to have service restored by the evening of Dec. 9. New outages were occurring throughout the day as weakened trees and limbs are causing additional interruptions. According to a news release, […]

UPDATED 3:45 p.m. on 12/9 Number of customers without service is down to 443 in Montgomery County. UPDATED 11:45 a.m. on 12/9 Number of customers without service is down to 3,551 in Montgomery County. UPDATED 10:45 a.m. on 12/9 Number of customers without service has increased to 6,065 in Montgomery County. UPDATED 9:30 a.m. on […]

UPDATED, June 14, 2:30 p.m. The number of Pepco customer without power in Montgomery County is just over 1,700 . Rockville has the highest number of outages at this time. UPDATED, June 14, 7 a.m. The number of Pepco customer without power in Montgomery County is just over 3,000. Rockville has the highest number of […]

Updated 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a winter storm warning beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, March 6 until 3 a.m. on Thursday, March 7. According to the NWS, this storm is expected to start as rain on Tuesday evening, but change over to snow late evening. […]

During Hurricane Sandy, thousands of Montgomery County residents lost power. In this video Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner comments on Pepco’s response to the storm. Take a look. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

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, […]

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 […]

At his Sept. 10 press conference, Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner talked about the severe storm that rolled through the county on Sept. 8 knocking out power to thousands of residents. He said he continues to hear from residents who are concerned about losing power over and over again. In this video clip, he […]

Public Services Chairman (PSC) Douglas Nazarian said the PSC has a lot of questions for Pepco following the June 29 storm and power outages. Take a look. Pepco’s storm report is due at the end of July. The PSC will also hold a hearing in Rockville on Aug. 7 where residents can testify with their […]

During the July 19 Pepco debriefing, State Senator Brian Frosh proposed a “surge reserve” to train retired utility workers to help restore power after storms such as the June 29 derecho. His proposal involves using “big fines” imposed on Pepco to fund training for retired utility, military and others with the basic skill to help […]