WASHINGTON — The Mid-Atlantic region’s largest snowfall so far this season has left hundreds of thousands of customers without power. As of 10:30 a.m. Thursday, about 290,000 customers in the Washington region were without power. Pepco was reporting that about ...

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ROCKVILLE — A portion of Metro’s red line has been shut down because of power lines hanging above the tracks. The red line was closed Tuesday between the Shady Grove and Twinbrook stations in Montgomery County. Metro spokesman Steven Taubenkibel ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Public Service Commission is seeking authority to fine Pepco and other power companies if they don’t meet tough new standards for reliability and customer service. The commission has proposed rules that would establish how quickly companies ...

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ROCKVILLE — Montgomery County is holding a public hearing to hear from customers about their experiences with Pepco outages. The meeting will be held at 6:30 Wednesday at the Stella Werner Council Office Building on Maryland Avenue in Rockville. Registration ...

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WASHINGTON — Pepco executives are taking responsibility for poor service after recent power failures and repeating a plan to improve reliability. Officials acknowledged at a news conference Monday that the company has fallen short in its service. The conference came ...

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The pitch seems almost too good to be true: make unlimited income, work flexible hours and earn rewards for selling something everyone uses to your friends, family and acquaintances. That something in this case is electricity, not knives, makeup or ...

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Heavy rain expected to fall overnight Wednesday, along with warnings of high winds and lightning, has utilities in the region bracing for widespread power outages. Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. said they are expecting several thousand outages, likely caused by ...

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ROCKVILLE — The Maryland Public Service Commission is holding public hearings on the reliability and quality of Pepco, a utility that has been criticized recently over electrical power outages that have lasted for days after storms. The first hearing will ...

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As two Montgomery County residents who commute to Baltimore daily, we’ve attacked this week’s power outages in different ways. Don’t get us wrong, we’re both steaming about Pepco’s slow return to service, but knowing their business a bit — and ...

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