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Monday, September 17, 2012

Berliner to County Attorney: Re-Examine Purchasing Pepco

Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner pursues the idea of a public power system.

The question resurfaces: Should Montgomery County purchase Pepco's infrastructure and turn to public power options? The issue re-emerged this summer as hundreds of thousands of area residents endured a record heat wave without power following the June 29 derecho storm. Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner at the time revisited the idea of an option of a public power system, and on Thursday formally asked the county attorney, Marc Hansen, to review the idea. Hansen last year said the county would need special legislative permission. Another storm this month left 65,000 without power in the Washington area, and county lawmakers have been fielding complaints from business owners of thousands of dollars in lost business, …

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Berliner Blasts Pepco, Demands Change, County Attorney Weighs In On Public Power Option, and Leggett, Council Spar Over Public Utility Discussion

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12:30 am on Saturday, September 22, 2012

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Monday, December 19, 2011

The Power Struggle: Public Power May Be In Montgomery County's Future

Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner is spearheading research, but says Pepco replacement is long way off.

Thanks to years of frustration with Pepco, Montgomery County may be considering a public power option — but that may be a long way off, said County Council President Roger Berliner (D-Dist. 1). At a September meeting, the Montgomery County Council discussed the possibility of starting a public utility in the area— an endeavor most of the council supports as a way to address frequent outages and customers’ ire at waiting hours, if not days, for a response from Pepco. County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) disagreed. "Now and for the foreseeable future, [Pepco] will still be the utility,” Leggett said. “So we need to find a way to fight them, push them, and encourage them to do better." Leggett’s disagreement seemed to stem from County Attorney …

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Leggett, Council Spar Over Public Utility Discussion, County Attorney Weighs In On Public Power Option, and The Power Struggle: When The Power Is Out, The Trees Are To Blame (in Takoma Park Patch)

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9:12 am on Monday, December 19, 2011

As bad as PEPCO is, Berliner's county owned utility would be even worse. Did Berliner actually think MC could take over PEPCO's infrastructure without paying fair market value for it?   more ›

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