Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Pepco

  • Pepco's chief executive, Joseph Rigby, didn't get a salary increase last year because of "customer reliability issues," but he still managed to double his overall compensation, regulatory filings show.
  • (Washington Times)
  • WASHINGTON -- Pepco reports on Twitter that power has been restored to about half of the more than 440,000 customers who lost power as a result of Fridays storm in the D.C. area.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Even as D.C. politicians rail against Pepco after Fridays storm left hundreds of thousands without power, lobbying reports and other records show the company has worked hard to keep close ties with local lawmakers. D.C.
  • (NBC Washington)
  • Members of the DC Council could be meeting with officials for Pepco as soon as today, Tuesday.
  • (Examiner)
  • Writer and Pepco customer Gregg Easterbrook lost power in Fridays derecho, and he isnt happy. In between trashing Pepco and Gov. Martin OMalley in an article for The Atlantic, Easterbrook takes aim at D.C.s WTOP.
  • (Washington City Paper)
  • The Washington, D.C., area experienced incredibly severe storms on Friday night, the kind that, with an unprecedented number of downed trees, can only lead to extensive power disruptions -- 1.5 million were without power for at least part of the weekend.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • My wife and I are still not back to DC, where in our part of town the powers been off since Friday afternoon and is expected to be out for four more days. To be clear: I personally have  nothing to complain about.
  • (Atlantic Online)
  • D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray became the latest among the regions leaders to speak out Monday about the areas power outages and Pepcos slow restoration of electricity, The Washington Post reported.
  • (The Business Journal)
  • Earlier this week, Leggett said, "I will not accept the timetable of July the 6th. Having our citizens go seven days without utilities, in my opinion, is not the kind of service we should expect." As of 5 a.m.
  • (ABC 27)

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