Montgomery Community Media

The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) has scheduled a public hearing this month on a request by Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco) to increase its electric distribution rates by $29.99 million. This is an increase of about $3.51 monthly for the typical residential customer. Pepco provides electricity to about 568,000 customers in Montgomery and Prince […]

The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) has scheduled two public hearings this month on a request by Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco) to increase its electric distribution rates by $68 million. This is an increase of about $7.37 month for the typical residential customer. Pepco provides electricity to about 566,000 customers in Montgomery and Prince […]

The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) has scheduled a Sept. 6th public hearing in Rockville on a request by Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO) to increase its electric distribution rates by $104 million (an increase of about $13 a month for the typical residential customer). According to the PSC, Pepco provides electricity to about 560,000 […]

Montgomery County has had than double the number of reported homicides in 2014 than in 2013. Last year, there were 19 homicides. That compares to 8 in 2013. But, Capt. Darren Francke, director of the department’s Major Crimes Division, said the number is not alarming. He talks about the county’s homicide rate in this MyMcMedia […]

Montgomery County this week filed its initial brief with the Maryland Public Service Commission in Case No. 9336, Pepco’s most recent rate increase request. “While I believe that Pepco has improved its reliability since the Derecho of 2012, largely in keeping with recommendations made in a 192-page report by my Pepco Reliability Work Group earlier, […]