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In the face of recent storm projections for Hurricane Sandy, Pepco has increased the size of its call for help with Maryland and Washington, DC. Originally, the power company asked u...

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Pepco's pre-hurricane message to customers on Friday: Be prepared, and be patient. Hurricane Sandy—dubbed Frankenstorm—"has the potential to cause devastating damage to our service t...

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State lawmakers from Montgomery County want to know about Pepco's preparations for Hurricane Sandy, a Category 1 storm that is predicted to hit Maryland late Sunday or Monday.  Fifte...

Credit Erin Donaghue

Effectively immediately, Pepco and BGE customers will not be charged for sales lost during the first 24 hours of major storm power outages, by order of the Maryland Public Service Commiss...

Credit Sean R. Sedam

  Pepco has long drawn the ire of customers, who have decried the utility for power outages, slow response times and little accountability. Rockville City Councilman Mark Pierzc...

Credit Nathan Carrick

  Montgomery County residents fed up with what they see as Pepco's unreliablity will discuss options other than the long-time, investor-owned utility supplier. In a recent stor...

Credit Damian Garde

The question resurfaces: Should Montgomery County purchase Pepco's infrastructure and turn to public power options? The issue re-emerged this summer as hundreds of thousands of area ...

Credit Whitney Teal

Utilities in the Washington, DC suburbs are reporting thousands of outages for customers in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties following thunderstorms and high winds throughout the r...