Update on PEPCO and Montgomery County Work Group

I received a clarification to my June 15^th e-mail about the PEPCO investigation workgroup from Mr. Eric Friedman, Director, Montgomery County Office of Consumer Protection.  He is what he said:

“The County Executive’s Work Group consisted of 12 volunteer residents.  They did not receive any payments from Montgomery County for their many months of service.  The Special Counsel retained by Montgomery County is paid using funds that were budgeted to our office and the Department of General Services.  According to a survey conducted by the Work Group the economic impact to consumers and businesses resulting from electricity interruption was significant.”

10/4/2010 Newly Formed Pepco Work Group to Study Causes of and Solutions for Utility’s Frequent Outages and Their Duration; Leggett Announces Members of Work Group Headed by Retired Lockheed Martin CEO Norman Augustine

This is good news and I hope that someone finally gets PEPCO to act like a real utility company.