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Wednesday, August 08, 2012

Pepco Calls For New Rate Hike, Customers Angered

WASHINGTON - Pepco customers are lashing out at the utility in the aftermath of June's derecho. At a packed hearing, Maryland regulators heard from customers fed up with Pepco's performance. Hundreds of thousands of customers lost power for days after the storm. Now Pepco is fueling another firestorm calling for another rate increase. 

The company estimates it cost $70 to $85 million to restore power and it intends to get that money back from the very customers it has angered.

"A rate increase for Pepco is just rewarding nonperformance. It's inexcusable," said Rise Goldstein, who was at the public hearing in Rockville.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm a little confused , I live in wicomico county and my electric bill was from pepco . Did they buy Delmarva Power?

Anonymous said...

More than likely, this is what you get when a politician (O'malley) intervenes in the wrong with his mouth.