Statement On Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco)

There have been an extraordinary number of power outages in the county and we have heard the frustration that many of you are experiencing. Unfortunately, for many neighborhoods in District 1, power outages don’t only occur when there is a large storm – like the one experienced in June 2008. We have heard reports from homeowners who have had their power supply fail dozens of times per year, and we have requested that Pepco conduct reliability studies for these addresses.

As a result, as Lead on Energy and the Environment, I convened a hearing which included Pepco, and for the first time ever, the Chairman (designee) of the Maryland Public Service Commission that regulates Pepco. The MPSC testimony underscored that Pepco’s outages lasted far longer than any other utility in the state, and the Chairman promised to get better answers as to why this was so.

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