Do you think Pepco prioritizes "nicer", wealthier neighborhoods?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was an engineering intern at a utility years ago, but during big storms they would have all employees working odd jobs. After emergency personnel are restored, the highest priorities are typically areas where they can restore the highest number of customers at one time. Good luck OP, but no utilities don't prioritize based on income.

Thanks for posting. I assumed this was the approach. Logical...No? And good luck to OP as well.

[Anonymous]

not at all. in fact there are no pepco trucks in bethesda, chevy chase at all from what i can see drinving around the past two days. in fact, i am seeing my PG county friends get power back on FB. i was actually wondering if they leave the more affluent areas last as they have more flexibility to get hotel, generators, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:not at all. in fact there are no pepco trucks in bethesda, chevy chase at all from what i can see drinving around the past two days. in fact, i am seeing my PG county friends get power back on FB. i was actually wondering if they leave the more affluent areas last as they have more flexibility to get hotel, generators, etc.

No, it's more likely that an electrical substation was blown and so there is no point sending trucks out to repair the downed lines until that substation comes back up. So those trucks are working other areas where the grid is functioning.

[Anonymous]

I live in Chevy Chase, have a number of elected officials and the CEO of Marriott in my neighborhood, among others. If it were by wealth and power, we'd be up but my neighborhood is generally one of the last to come up.

[Anonymous]

No, no link. My parents live in a very wealthy part of Potomac and they just bought a whole house generator b/c they are out so much and for so long. I usually get mine back first and Im in a modest area of Bethesda.

[Anonymous]

Live in a neighborhood off falls rd and we are still without power but the neighborhood next to ours has power.

[Anonymous]

Utilities prioritize repairs that will get the most people back on line the fastest. If you are in an area where a line is down that only serves a small area, then you will be at the end of the priority list. Fwiw, I know for a fact that the Majority Leader of the Senate was one of the very last people to get his power back on after Hurricane Isabel, and he lived in a very posh area of NW DC at the time.

[Anonymous]

I am in McLean and my parents in a much nicer area of McLean and family in a really nice area of Bethesda. They lose power and stay without power much more than we do. We happen to live off a busy street so I think the combo of smaller lots, less trees, off major road makes us less susceptible and easier to fix. The wooded, large lots that are off tiny one lane roads tend to be nicer/more expensive and thus harder to keep and restore power to.

[Anonymous]

This is ridiculous. First of all, Pepco is wrought with incompitence. There is a reason Dominion us so much.more efficient.
When you say "nicer" neighborhood, is that your PC code for "whiter" neighborhood? Pepco is run by a black man, so there
,s no way he,s going to overlook any "not nice" neighborhoods. Even if he did, the people who's taxes foot the bill for EVERYTHING deserve a little priority! If you were losing over 50% of your hard earned pay check to taxes, you,d feel the same way.

[Anonymous]

I don't know if response time varies between high income and low income neighborhoods during 'normal' times, when there is individual subscriber power failures, but during these massive outages, I think they go for those actions that will restore power to highest number of subscribers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous. First of all, Pepco is wrought with incompitence. There is a reason Dominion us so much.more efficient.
When you say "nicer" neighborhood, is that your PC code for "whiter" neighborhood? Pepco is run by a black man, so there
,s no way he,s going to overlook any "not nice" neighborhoods. Even if he did, the people who's taxes foot the bill for EVERYTHING deserve a little priority! If you were losing over 50% of your hard earned pay check to taxes, you,d feel the same way.

Uh, in case you didn't notice, electric rates, not taxes, foot the bill for an electric utility. And stop trying to make this about race. No one brought it up until you did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are the Wooten pkwy and falls road (Potomac) area people still out?

Yes. And the neighborhood across from hadley park where Ritchie Park is. Not sure about Cold Spring it.