Friday, February 25, 2011
People experiencing power outages should call 1-877-PEPCO-62.
Update, Saturday, Feb. 26, 7:45 a.m.: More power has been restored in the area, according to Pepco's StormCenter outage map. At 7:45 a.m. the outage map showed 11 customers were without power in the 20815 ZIP code area. Update, 7:20 p.m.: The high wind warning in the area has expired, but outages continue. At 7:20 p.m. Pepco's StormCenter outage map showed 747 customers without power in the 20815 ZIP code area. The outages in the region have dropped to 26,289 (as opposed to 45,739 at 3:58 p.m.). The majority, 21,399 outages, are in Montgomery County. Original post, 4 p.m.:As winds pick across the region, so are power outages. The area is under a high wind warning until 7 p.m. Friday, and the National Weather Service predicts wind gusts …
Monday, January 31, 2011
Residents and businesses can offer feedback on Pepco’s service and impacts of outages.
Montgomery County has extended the deadline for online Pepco feedback surveys. A group of community leaders appointed by County Executive Isiah Leggett called the Pepco Work Group is conducting the surveys. Two different surveys are offered, one for businesses, another for residential customers. A press release about the extended deadline, which was supposed to be today, read “The survey is designed to obtain information on how the public views Pepco’s service, the extent to which customers have experienced outages, the economic impact of those outages and some insight as to what additional costs customers would be willing to incur in exchange for improved service.” The group is investigating the reliability of Pepco’s service in the …
After days of being in the dark, thousands in the Chevy Chase area have their power restored.
Days after the first major snowstorm of the year devastated the area, power is mostly back on in the Chevy Chase area. According to Pepco’s StormCenter outage map, less than five customers in the Chevy Chase 20815 ZIP code were without power at 9 a.m. Monday. During the worst more than 7,000 customers were without service out of 9,559 customers in the 20815 ZIP code. That’s close to 75 percent of the service area without power. Thursday evening temperatures inside some homes without power were dipping into the 50s, and people were bundling up and trying to keep warm with blankets and comforters. Friday morning outages in Chevy Chase were more than 2,000 and by Saturday morning there were still more than 1,000 in the Chevy Chase 20815 ZIP …
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Outage numbers have fallen in Chevy Chase but hundreds are still without power.
Update, Sunday, Jan. 30, 10:35 a.m.: More power has been restored in the Chevy Chase 20815 ZIP code. At 10:34 a.m. Pepco’s StormCenter outage map showed 262 customers in Chevy Chase without power. Montgomery County continued to have the highest number of outages with 5574, followed by Washington, D.C. with 366 and Prince George's County had 247 according to the outage map. Update, 5:08 p.m.: More customers appear to have power, according to Pepco’s StormCenter outage map. At 5:08 p.m. Saturday it showed 661 outages in the Chevy Chase 20815 ZIP code. Original Post, 11:02 a.m.: Outages in the Chevy Chase 20815 ZIP code fell from Friday night to Saturday morning, but by less than a thousand since Friday’s 5:55 p.m. update. Pepco’s StormCenter…
Friday, January 28, 2011
Thousands in Chevy Chase have their power restored after Wednesday's storm, but thousands still have none.
Update, 5:55 p.m.: Pepco’s StormCenter outage map showed 2,194 customers out of power in the Chevy Chase 20815 ZIP code at 5:55 p.m. Friday. The outage map also provides estimated restoration times, some estimating a Friday 11 p.m. restoration, others showing a Sunday Jan. 30 at 11 p.m. restoration of power. However, TBD reports the estimates aren’t completely accurate. Pepco spokesman André Francis told TBD the estimated restoration times are for all of the customers within a 1-mile radius of one another. TBD reports that “if a home one mile away from you is expected to have power on Sunday, but you are supposed to get it tonight, the map will default to the other home, the one with the latest restoration time, “due to privacy issues. …
PartyManiaMD
11:21 am on Saturday, February 5, 2011
"the economic impact of those outages and some insight as to what additional costs customers would be willing to incur in exchange for improved service." Good old utility companies, only willing to provide the service we already pay for if we pay more for the service we have already payed for! Meanwhile the executives at Pepco are most likely making obscene paychecks. Trickle down at it's finest! more ›