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Pepco boss got megawatt pay boost despite problems Pepco's chief executive, Joseph Rigby, didn't get a salary increase last year because of "customer reliability issues," but he still managed to double his overall compensation, regulatory filings show. Thanks mostly to an employment deal and supplemental executive retirement plan, Mr. Rigby's overall compensation rose to nearly $7.2 million last ... Pepco: Unreliable, "Most Hated" Reputation Is "False Perception" Pepco officials say being labeled "most hated" company in America, and falling at the bottom of customer satisfaction surveys, do not reflect current efforts to improve customer service and service restorations. DeMorning Links: All eyes on Pepco Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) is back from China, and his first order of business has been to capture the Zeitgeist — that is, put the heat on Pepco. "They need to move faster," he said at a Monday news conference , his first since the Friday storm . "How many times have we been through this before?" He went on CNN Tuesday morning to continue the crusade, noting that Pepco customers ought to get a ... Pepco: 75 Percent Of Customer Power Restored Pepco employees, local contract crews and outside utility reinforcements have restored three out of every four outages from Friday's violent storm that left more than 443,000 customers without service. Pepco's Conflicting Communications: Power's Back, Except Where It's Not For Pepco customers, faulty communication is as frustrating as lack of power. Mayor Gray says public is 'fed up' with Pepco outages Mayor Vincent C. Gray added his voice Monday to the list of leaders around the region angered by power outages and Pepco's slow restoration of electricity. Gray, who was wrapping up a trade mission to China during Friday's storm, returned to a city forced to close recreation centers and schools because of the outages and on a personal note, a Hillcrest home with no power. Read full article >> Pepco's Disconnect, Deeper Than Electrical Less than 24 hours after she lost power, Anne Coventry received a phone call from Pepco. The automated voice told Coventry that crews had restored electricity to her neighborhood. Yet her house remained dark and overhot. Outages put Pepco on multiple hot seats D.C. Council members planned to meet face-to-face with officials from Pepco as soon as Tuesday to address the "unacceptable" pace of the utility's recovery efforts after Friday night's fierce storm swept through the region and left hundreds of thousands without power in stifling heat. Their stern response to a third ... Pepco Power Restoration Efforts Under Fire From Customers, Politicians WASHINGTON -- Pepco reports on Twitter that power has been restored to "about half" of the "more than 440,000 customers who lost power as a result of Friday's storm" in the D.C. area. Record This Diss Track: 'The Ballad of Pepco' Pepco got you down? We've got the lyrics to a song about just how much grief the utility inspires, now all we need is the music. [ more › ]
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