Independent Consultant Files Pepco Report

Hot off the press, here's the independent consustant's report in Public Service Commission case 9240--the investigation into Pepco's reliability. According to the executive summary, "if there was any overall theme to the findings from this investigation, it was that Pepco needs to be more proactive, rather than reactive, in dealing with problems." The report also notes, "We found that trees are in fact the primary cause of the most potentially-preventable outages in Pepco's Maryland service area." The County will provide direct testimony on this report on May 6, and the PSC will hold an evidentiary hearing on June 16, 17, 20 and 21. The date for a final ruling has not been determined.