YES to full participation in the Maryland investigation into PEPCO’s reliability

Here is my email to Montgomery County officials in response to today's (6/15) Washington Examiner article "Leggett pulls Montgomery County out of state Pepco probe."

Dear Council Executive Leggett:

I do appreciate the work you do for us and have a concern to bring to your attention. As a voting constituent, I urge you to support Montgomery County’s full participation in the Maryland investigation into PEPCO’s reliability.

Before I moved to Maryland 18 years ago, I experienced the occasional weather-related power outages. I never experienced the frequent power outages that I have here, even on a sunny day. I have never paid exorbitant prices for such poor technical and customer service. It’s near impossible to get to a live person.

I applauded Governor O’Malley’s effort to meet with PEPCO to address these issues. Because we lost power again the Friday before Memorial Day, I started to e-mail the governor for an update. I was in the middle of the e-mail, when my company, in DC, lost power and was without power the next two days! How much longer can we let PEPCO continue to provide substandard service?

My hope is the officials who represent me do their best to see that my needs and those of others are met with something as basic as power. I hope you will change your mind and participate fully in the investigation so that our concerns don’t get discriminated against by being left out. We can’t be heard if we are not at the table. Thank you for your time.

Sincerely