<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div align="center"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Pepco Mobilizes Comprehensive,
Strategic Response to Restore Power </b></font>
<br><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b><i>Four Substations and All
But One Hospital Have Been Restored</i></b></font>
<br><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b><i>Restoration Effort Will Take
About a Week</i></b></font>
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<br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">WASHINGTON, D.C. – Mutual
assistance utilities have committed crews from Florida, Georgia, Missouri
and Oklahoma to assist with restoring power to the more than 443,000 customers
who lost power during the violent windstorm that tore through the Washington
area at about 10:30 p.m., Friday. Crews are expected to begin arriving
here Monday. Pepco also is reaching out to the Northeast and Canada for
additional resources.</font>
<br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> Pepco
has asked for 1,000 crews from other utilities, however, given the widespread
damage across the region, it is possible that only a portion of the request
will be granted. </font>
<br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> Winds
in excess of 70 miles per hour uprooted trees and blew down limbs, which
brought down numerous power lines and broke crossarms and poles. More than
800 resources including linemen, tree crews, Call Center staff and field
support personnel have been deployed to support efforts to restore service.
All Pepco employees have been mobilized for the restoration effort. </font>
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Pepco is focusing immediate efforts on restoring power to substations and
substation supply lines as well as critical public facilities such as hospitals,
fire stations, water filtration plans and police stations. </font>
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Since this morning, Pepco has restored power to all but one hospital and
has restored four substations and multiple substation supply lines. Crain
Highway substation in Prince George’s County remains without service.</font>
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In addition, service has been restored to the Potomac Water Filtration
Plant, but the utility is still working on restoring power to the Wheaton
auxiliary pumping station that pushes water throughout Montgomery County
and the Sandy Landing Pumping station that serves Rockville.</font>
<br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">At 9 a.m. this morning, more than
3.8 million customers are without electric service in the PJM Interconnection
service territory. PJM is a regional transmission organization that coordinates
the movement of wholesale electricity in much of Mid-Atlantic and Midwest
regions. </font>
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It could take about a week before all Pepco customers are back in
service. Today’s weather forecast calls for more thunderstorms, which
could cause additional outages and impact restoration progress. </font>
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“We have done a lot to prepare for storms by improving our restoration
processes, but no amount of preparation can significantly speed the mammoth
task before us,” said Thomas H Graham, President, Pepco Region. “It
is a nuts and bolt restoration -- tree by downed tree, pole by pole, wire
by wire, house by house.”<br>
Pepco has activated its Crisis Call
Center and reached out to other call centers for added support. Currently
Pepco is making recorded outbound calls to all customers to update them
on the restoration status. All outages and downed wires should be reported
to 1-877-737-2662, through <a href="http://pepco.com">pepco.com</a> or through the mobile app, available
for downloading at <a href="http://pepco.com/mobileapp">pepco.com/mobileapp</a>. Customers should request a call
back to verify their power has been restored. </font>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>
Pepco Encourages Safety Precautions </b>After severe storms, Pepco<b>
</b>urges customers to take safety precautions. Our safety tips include:
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</p><p><font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3">Stay
away from downed wires. </font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Call
1-877-737-2662 and follow the prompts to report a downed wire or an outage.</font>
</p><p><font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3">Avoid
crews working in the street. This will keep you and the crews safe, and
allow them to work on restoring your power.</font>
</p><p><font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3">Visit
<a href="http://pepco.com">pepco.com</a> for safety tips and follow the advice of your local emergency
management officials. </font>
</p><p><font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3">If
you plan to use a portable generator, follow the manufacturer’s instructions
and use only when necessary. Don’t overload it and turn it off at night,
while you sleep and when you are away from home.</font>
</p><p><font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3">Locate
a portable generator in a well-ventilated area. Never run it inside, even
in your garage, to avoid the potential hazard of carbon monoxide. Do not
connect the generator directly into your home’s main fuse box or circuit
panel. </font>
</p><p><font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3">Protect
food and refrigerated medicine with regular ice in an insulated cooler.
If you are without power for more than two hours, refrigerated foods should
be placed in a cooler. Foods will stay frozen for 36 to 48 hours in a fully
loaded freezer if the door remains closed, and a half-full freezer will
generally keep frozen food for up to 24 hours.</font>
</p><p><font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3">Turn
off power to flood-prone basement appliances if it is safe to do so. However,
if you have an electrically operated sump pump, you should not turn off
the power in your basement.</font>
</p><p><font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3">Tune
in to local news broadcasts for the latest weather and emergency information.</font>
</p><p><font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3">Take
cover if necessary</font>
</p><p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Customers Asked to Report Power
Outages</b></font>
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</b>Customers’ reports are vital to Pepco’s restoration efforts.
Customers are asked to report outages at <a href="http://pepco.com">pepco.com</a> or by calling
1-877-737-2662 and following the prompts on the automated system. If reporting
an emergency or another life-threatening situation such as downed wires,
customers should immediately call 1-877-737-2662 and follow the appropriate
prompts. </font>
<br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Pepco<b> </b>also recommends, when
reporting an outage, customers request a call back. Call backs allow us<b>
</b>to notify customers when work in their area is completed and they also
help locate outages that may be specific to customers’ homes.</font>
<br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> To
keep up-to-date, customers are encouraged to visit the <a href="http://pepco.com">pepco.com</a> website
and listen to local radio stations for updates or use the mobile app.</font>
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<br><font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><i>Pepco, a subsidiary of Pepco
Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: POM), delivers safe, reliable and affordable electric
service to more than 788,000 customers in Maryland and the District of
Columbia.</i></font>
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<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Jerry Pasternak</font>
<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">VP Pepco Region</font>
<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Maryland Affairs</font>
<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">701 Ninth Street, NW</font>
<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Suite 9212</font>
<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Washington, DC 20068</font>
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<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">(202) 872-2524 (office)</font>
<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">(202) 872-2032 (fax)</font>
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