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CEO not expecting Pepco to be a top performer
BETHESDA — The head of Pepco‘s parent company says he doesn’t think the electric utility can be a top performer in the next two or three years. The Washington Examiner reports […]
PSC chairman pummels Pepco performance
Pepco officials trying to defend the company’s handling of power outages over the last year met with criticism Friday from the Maryland Public Service Commission. The PSC is in the […]
Power being restored after storms in DC area
WASHINGTON — Power is being restored after storms battered the Washington region overnight. As of 10:15 a.m., Pepco was reporting about 227 outages in Prince George’s County and 157 outages […]
Storms leave 2,000 without power in D.C. area
WASHINGTON — Storms that battered the Washington region overnight have left about 2,000 customers without power. As of 5:45 a.m., Pepco was reporting about 775 outages in Prince George’s County […]
PSC begins hearing on Pepco’s reliability record
Already hammered by lawmakers and customers over the last year for how it handled power outages during a string of storms last year, Pepco is now the focus of a […]
Bethesda power outage blamed on squirrel
BETHESDA — Utility officials are blaming a power outage in the Washington suburb of Bethesda on a squirrel. The Washington Post reports that about 1,200 homes and businesses lost power […]
Pepco: Power expected back by midnight in DC
WASHINGTON — Pepco says it expects to return power by midnight to more than 1,500 customers north of Union Station. BGE, meanwhile, says it is preparing for an approaching cold […]
Power outage affecting thousands in DC, Md.
WASHINGTON — About 3,400 customers in the Washington region are without power amid a heat wave. As of 6:15 a.m. Wednesday, Pepco was reporting on its website that about 3,320 […]
Pepco’s 1Q earnings up 75 percent
Pepco Holdings Inc., parent company of electric utility Pepco, said Friday its first-quarter profits surged on higher transmission and distribution revenue. The company reported earnings of $64 million, or 28 […]
Pepco, windmills take their legislative lumps
Lawmakers confronting energy legislation had no problem holding power utilities accountable for meeting reliability standards, but the governor’s effort to open up Maryland’s coastal waters to windmills failed. Also failing […]
Mikulski seeks stronger power reliability regulations
Sen. Barbara Mikulski is calling for stronger state power reliability standards. Mikulski says she will appear before Maryland’s Public Service Commission Thursday to urge swift adoption of regulations to put […]
Pepco under fire (cont.)
Power company Pepco and its performance, or lack thereof, were the topics of discussion once again Wednesday, this time at a hearing held by the House Economic Matters Committee. The […]
