Montgomery Community Media

The Town of Chevy Chase won’t be going underground to power up its homes. Town officials recently release a report that took a look at ways to improve power reliability in the area. One option was to bury Pepco’s power lines. The quote came in at more than $60 million. The town’s Reliability Task Force recommended against […]

UPDATED: A utility worker was burned while working on power lines in Clarksburg Monday morning. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer reported the accident at about 11 a.m. Monday. Todd Meyers, Potomac Edison spokesman, told MyMCMedia that the man was a contracted lineman doing work for Potomac Edison in the area of Gateway Theater. […]

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 […]

Pepco reports it is closely monitoring the approaching winter storm expected to impact the area Wednesday evening. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a winter storm watch for Wednesday evening through Thursday evening. Snow and sleet are expected with a total accumulation of several inches. Heavy, wet snow can weigh down tree limbs and […]

Pepco continues to prepare for the peak hurricane season, which continues until late October. The utility is reminding customers not to get complacent because of a calm summer. Despite a mild summer, the National Weather Service predicts the remaining hurricane season to be above-normal with an increased chance of a major hurricane hitting the U.S. […]

Power Up Montgomery County urges resident action on two currently before the Maryland General Assembly. They are House Bill 89 and Senate Bill 8 which involve natural gas surcharges. Take a look at their latest email to supporters. Please join Powerupmontco and AARP on: Thursday, March 7, 2013 in Annapolis for Lobby Day from 9:30 […]

Power Up Montgomery County urges resident action on Pepco’s recent rate increase request. Take a look at their latest email to supporters. Dear Powerupmontco Supporters: Thank you all for your continued emails and support. Over the past few weeks there have been several notable events. After emailing Powerupmontco’s letter denouncing Pepco’s latest rate hike application […]

Power Up Montgomery County reacts to Pepco’s recent rate increase request. Take a look. Dear Powerupmontco Supporters and Pepco Ratepayers: On Friday, November 30, 2012, PEPCO filed a rate request with the Maryland Public Service Commission asking for a $60,827,000 annual increase in its base revenue. Pepco also asked for an increase in its rate […]

Update: MyMCMedia offered live streaming of this work session on Thursday October 25. The Montgomery County Council’s Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment (T and E) Committee’s work session with national leaders to discuss the possibility of establishing a pilot program in the County that could serve as a national model for how an electric utility […]