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Pepco: Six-point plan for outages is working
Pepco executives on Thursday outlined the progress the utility company has made since posting a six-point plan last August, aimed at reducing the extended power outages that have infuriated customers and local leaders region-wide.
Tags: Joseph Rigby , Thomas Graham
Survey: Pepco Md. outages may have cost hundreds of millions
The 2010 Pepco power outages cost Maryland customers up to hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a recent survey, possibly exceeding the utility's earnings for the year.
Tags: power outage
Former state's attorney Ivey to examine Pepco issues
Former Prince George's County State's Attorney Glenn Ivey is on a new case: looking into Pepco's well-documented reliability issues during storms.
Tags: Glenn Ivey , Prince George's County , Claude Bailey , Joseph Rigby , Isiah Leggett , Maryland Public Service Commission , Nathan Hager
Report: Pepco has 'ready-shoot-aim' approach
Pepco has told its customers that they will have to pay more to see fewer outages. But independent consultants tell Maryland's Public Service Commission that the utility's plans for spending money on improvements are "almost certainly poorly targeted."
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For some, power will be out until Sunday
Intense winds whipping through the area Friday caused huge power outages. While many will see their lights come back on by Saturday, some BGE customers won't get power back until Sunday or even Monday.
Tags: Dominion Power , electric , Kristi King
Pepco, pandhandling debated at Montgomery Co. meeting
Transportation and taxes, power outages and panhandling. Montgomery County residents spoke out about them all at a town hall meeting in our area last night.
Tags: Montgomery County Council , Roger Berliner , phil andrews , Valerie Ervin , panhandling , Michelle Basch
Mont. Co. wants Pepco to plant trees
To reduce power outages, Pepco has trimmed trees along 1,200 miles of power lines. Now Montgomery County wants them to do some planting.
Tags: Maryland Public Service Commission , Montgomery County , Bob Hainey , the Gazette , Evan Haning
Pepco failures frustrate Maryland lawmakers
Lawmakers questioned why Maryland's Public Service Commission has been silent about the problems with outages.
Tags: Maryland Public Service Commission , Kate Ryan
Pepco efforts pay off with minimal outages
Pepco contractors trimmed trees adjacent to more than 1,500 miles of power lines, helping to decrease outages from the latest round of winter weather. WTOP's Evan Haning has the report.
Tags: outages , Evan Haning
Windy Saturday leads to brush fires, power outages
The gusts have died down, the fires are out and almost everybody has their power back, but only after serious damage was done by powerful winds that fanned the flames of brush fires across the D.C. area.
Tags: High Wing Warning , power outages , Dominion Power , BGE , brush fire , Prince George's County Fire , Anne Arundel County fire , Montgomery County Fire Department
