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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img width=366 height=174 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D0B7C4.5AE0A850" alt="WSSC logo w slogan"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1E5FA9'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1E5FA9'>WSSC Launches New Customer Assistance Program<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FF6600'>Provides Help with Fee Increases</span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FF6600'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Contact: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jim Neustadt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:Jim.Neustadt@wsscwater.com"><span style='color:blue'>Jim.Neustadt@wsscwater.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>301-206-8100<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>LAUREL, MD – June 30, 2015:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Effective July 1, 2015, WSSC will launch the Customer Assistance Program (CAP) to provide a partial credit to qualified, low income, residential customers for its Ready-To-Serve Charge. WSSC’s new CAP is implemented in partnership with Maryland’s Office of Home Energy Program (OHEP).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“WSSC has worked hard to offer another avenue to assist customers who have limited financial resources,” said GM/CEO Jerry N. Johnson. “The WSSC CAP is another step to ensure that all ratepayers have access to the quality drinking water and efficient sewer services that we provide.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Residential customers who are enrolled in OHEP will automatically qualify for the CAP. CAP-approved customers will receive credit for the existing Account Maintenance Fee (AMF) and the new Infrastructure Investment Fee or an average of $22 per quarter. These two fees are components of the Ready to Serve Charge. These customers will also be automatically exempted from the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund fee (BRF), which WSSC collects on behalf of the State of Maryland. That is approximately $15 per quarterly bill. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The WSSC Approved Budget for Fiscal Year 2016 includes the CAP as well as a 1 percent increase in the water usage rate and two quarterly fees: an increase to the existing Account Maintenance Fee (AMF) from $11 to $16 and a new Infrastructure Investment Fee averaging $6.The CAP is funded entirely by WSSC ratepayers. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Customers enrolled in OHEP will be able to check their CAP status at <a href="http://www.wsscwater.com/CAP"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.wsscwater.com/CAP</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Enroll in <a href="http://www.dhr.state.md.us/blog/?page_id=4326"><span style='color:blue'>OHEP online</span></a> or visit the social service agency for the county in which you reside.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Montgomery County Dept. of Health and Human Services <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1301 Piccard Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Rockville, MD 20850<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(240) 777-4450<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Prince George’s County Dept. of Social Services <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>425 Brightseat Road<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Landover, Md. 20785<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(301) 909-6300<o:p></o:p></span></p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span></b><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'># # #<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Established in 1918, today WSSC is among the largest water and wastewater utilities in the nation, with a network of nearly 5,600 miles of freshwater pipeline and more than 5,400 miles of sewer pipeline. Serving 1.8 million residents in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties, WSSC drinking water has always met or exceeded federal standards.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Harlow Solid Italic"'>Jessica<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Jessica E. Barnes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Town Clerk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Riverdale Park<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>5008 Queensbury Road<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Riverdale Park, MD 20737<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><a href="http://www.riverdaleparkmd.info/">www.riverdaleparkmd.info</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>301-927-6381<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>