Examiner Local Editorial: Pepco doesn’t deserve another rate hike

Published July 2, 2012 4:00am ET



Nobody is blaming Pepco for last Friday’s violent storm, or for the hurricane-force winds that left more than a million people in the Washington region sweltering without power in 100-degree heat. But when asked when the lights would go back on, other local utilities predicted a few days. Pepco officials said a week.

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