Pepco out of emergency response funds
Pepco has depleted its emergency response fund for the year and is now relying on a rate increase to pay for service improvements, WAMU reports.
Damage from all those storms has cost the utility upwards of $20 million. And that doesn't include the quarter billion dollars the company has promised to spend over the next five years to try to prevent a recurrence of this year's many power outages.
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| August 24, 2010; 12:40 PM ET
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Posted by: 1soccerhead | August 24, 2010 1:18 PM | Report abuse
What exactly are you linking to? There is no story there. Better link, better reporting.
Thanks!
Posted by: Greent | August 24, 2010 4:44 PM | Report abuse
What has PEPCO done with the 70% increase (thank you, Bob Erlich) they've been getting from Maryland ratepayers for the last 5 years?
Posted by: ceefer66 | August 24, 2010 5:00 PM | Report abuse
Better link please!
Posted by: subwayguy | August 24, 2010 7:41 PM | Report abuse
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Fire the top 10 paid execs and use that money....