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Pepco grades itself on customer communication

Pepco is defending its response to Sunday's storm, but says it does not deserve a good grade for customer communication.

Tags: politics program , Mark Plotkin , severe weather , Tom Graham

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Metro riders rescued after live wire falls on track

The 41 passengers got stuck when a storm brought a power line down on the tracks.

Tags: Metro , Andre Francis , MARC , Amtrak

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Crews work to restore power after Sunday's storms

Pepco customers who are still without electricity can get estimated restoration times.

Tags: weather , Storms , outages , Dominion Virginia Power , Baltimore Gas and Electric , BGE , Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative , NOVEC , Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative , SMECO , Joe Rigby , Adrian Fenty

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Montgomery Co. Council prods Pepco for answers

Roger Berliner, who serves Bethesda, blasted the Pepco executive. "My constituents are so tired of the unreliability of Pepco's system," Berliner told Graham. "You ought to have the best delivery system money can buy, and in the computer age, in which reliability of service is so important, we have a very unreliable system."

Tags: Montgomery County Council , Roger Berliner , Tom Graham , Martin O'Malley , Rockville , Nancy Navarro , Bethesda , Duchy Trachtenberg , Maryland Public Service Commission

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Lawmakers blame deregulation for power issues

The Maryland Public Service Commission is being called to investigate.

Tags: outages , BGE , Baltimore Gas and Electric , deregulation , Kate Ryan , Brian Frosh , Maryland Public Service Commission , Jim Rosapepe

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How do power companies prioritize outages?

The priorities are hospitals, police departments and fire stations, says Pepco spokesman David Morehead.

Tags: outages , BGE , Baltimore Gas and Electric

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Fenty to Pepco: Help us help you

Standing in front of a toppled tree in Northwest D.C. Monday, Fenty complained that Pepco has not been very forthcoming with information. The mayor says the District is ready to move downed trees if Pepco would turn off electricity in the area of downed wires.

Tags: Adrian Fenty , Storms , downed trees , power outages , DDOT , Gabe Klein , Hank Silverberg

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Storms knock out power in Md. and Va.

Crews are working to restore electricity across the WTOP listening area.

Tags: Dominion Virginia , BGE , Evan Haning

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Feeling the heat: New taxes make utility bills soar

A 150 percent energy tax increase went into effect July 1 in Montgomery County.

Tags: energy tax , Isiah Leggett ,

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Power outages leave residents steaming

Pepco outages during the heat wave have people steaming long after their power has come back on.

Tags: DC Council , Muriel Bowser , Harry Thomas , power outage , Heat wave , Tom Graham

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