Pepco

Um, you would see on the, uh, screen what portion of the bill comes from distribution versus supply for each of the Maryland utilities.

So these are your various bill components for Baltimore Gas and Electric, Pepco, Delmarva, Potomac Edison, and SMECO.

And you can see that even, for example, Potomac Edison, very small portion of the bill is coming from distribution.

It's also the area of the state with the lowest rates.

W- how, how do you get...

Is food delivered to you? How does, how do you pay the Pepco bill?

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I mean, how does it work? How does real life work?

Dude, the Pepco bill must be off the charts with all these cameras in there.

You would be on the phone with customer service 24/7-

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Multi-year plans build in forecasts of capital and operating spending across several years.

Baltimore Gas and Electric went first, followed by Potomac Electric Power Company and Delmarva Power and Light.

Regulators hoped the approach would reduce regulatory lag, spread increases over time, make bills more predictable, and encourage innovation.

According to the Commission, the plans did shorten utilities' cost recovery periods, but that advantage did not produce clear, measurable benefits for ratepayers.

The problem started with a power outage Tuesday morning at the Potomac Water Filtration Plant on River Road in Montgomery County.

But even after Pepco said power was restored Tuesday afternoon, WSSC Water reported that an unknown electrical problem was preventing it from getting the plant operational so it could produce water.

And Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates unveiled a new public data dashboard Tuesday.

designed to give residents a closer look at how his office handles criminal cases.

It is 63 in downtown Baltimore.

Well, some good news for a change, and I'd like to be the harbinger of some good news, is that the customers of BG&E and two other utilities are looking to get refunds tied to the state tax overpayments.

BGE, Delmarva Power, and Pepco, all owned by Exelon, said they are planning to seek regulatory approval to pass along about $160 million in tax refunds to Maryland customers.

Refunds to the utility stem from the Supreme Court of Maryland ruling.

Here's my question.

So WSSC, like, I know Virginia's always different, right? Like, Virginia doesn't have Pepco.

What do you guys have? Dominion or something? Yeah, we're Dominion.

Okay.

But, like, Montgomery County, PG County, and D.C. generally have the same utilities.

Like, I know D.C. is Pepco.

My house is Pepco.

Jeff, is your house Pepco? Yes.

I want to get to something.

You had a great story you did last week on power bills and BGE and Pepco, which are owned by the same parent company.

In particular, in this new state law that has gone into effect, PEPCO sought a rate increase.

The Public Service Commission cut it in half, essentially.

According to BGE, this is the minimum amount needed to maintain a safe and reliable service.

Now, reporter Sarah Petwitch had a great story that's on our website right now, WIPR.org, about how the PSC trimmed but still approved a PEPCO rate hike this year.

Is it ever realistic for residents to think the PSC is going to completely stop a rate hike, particularly as their power bills keep going up and which is coming when they naturally go?

Yeah, look, it is incumbent on all of us to push back, to show up at the Public Service Commission and demand the same way folks do when they come to city council, demand an end to this frivolous spending and this giveaway that BGE continues to receive.

Right.

How do we build a new plant? You know, Pepco goes out and gets a seven billion dollar loan, you know, and then, you know, they they.

they pay that off with the money that they're receiving from those capital investitures.

Right.

And we should have banks operate like utilities.

Well, if you live in the DC area, do you want your bank to go out to have an outage as frequently as your power company? because a PEPCO company is a disaster in the DC area.

You shouldn't have banks as utilities.

America has a fantastic banking system.