Montgomery Community Media

Residents can protect themselves against scams, based on information from the Rockville City Police Department. Phone Call Scam A victim receives a call from someone claiming to be with their local utility company. The caller says that they’re about to cut off your service because of an overdue bill. The caller then tells the victim […]

UPDATED 4.20.17 3:30 p.m. Montgomery County police have identified the resident found in the Ashley Drive house following an explosion last Friday as 61-year-old Steven Beck. According to a police news release, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has determined that Beck died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police said a dog found near […]

PEPCO and Exelon filed a new agreement with the Washington D.C. Public Service Commission (PSC) on Monday that could save the merger between the utility companies. The PSC previously voted against the merger of PEPCO and Exelon, but allowed the both companies to come up with an alternate agreement that would address the concerns of the commission. […]

The Washington D.C. metropolitan region was expecting to hear about one of the largest utility mergers in the country today but the D.C. Public Service Commission (PSC) says the deal is not that simple.  The PSC rejected the merger between PEPCO and Exelon in a room packed with media and  but will still keep the lights […]

In its Derecho storm decision issued on Feb. 27, the Maryland Public Service Commission has ordered utility companies to improve the resiliency and reliability of the electric utility distribution infrastructure in Maryland. The Commission’s order includes specific directives aimed at making the utilities more responsive to outages that occur after severe storms and more resilient […]