Public Service Commission Orders Utility Improvements
The Maryland Public Service Commission issued an order on Wednesday directing electricity companies to improve service reliability and resiliency.
Utility companies in Maryland will need to beef up efforts to improve electricity service reliability and resiliency, according to an order issued by the Maryland Public Service commission on Wednesday, Feb. 27. The order (No. 85385) requires utility providers like Pepco to do the following: Pepco has 534,601 electricity customers in Maryland, and 410,679 (77 percent) of them were without power at the peak of electricity outages after the derecho—double the number of outages after Hurricane Irene, according to the commission's order. President Obama even declared that six jurisdictions in Maryland were part of a major disaster area after the derecho, which occurred during a heat wave. In related news, Pepco asked for a $60.8 million rate …
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George Karadimas
7:18 am on Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Bailey..........it is called acting with forethought! Do your research regarding the Smart GRID/Meter by reading industry articles! It becomes clear that the mandate is GRAB the Stimulus Money NOW and we will figure it out somehow in the long run! and all will come out in the wash! And.............The ratepayers will suffer the consequences and foot the Bill! more ›