NEWS
By Amy L. Miller and Amy L. Miller,Sun Staff Writer | April 20, 1994
Potomac Edison is again seeking more money from customers, this time a 12.3 percent base rate increase to help the company pay for compliance with the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.This is the fifth request that the utility, which has about 9,400 customers in Carroll County, has filed with the Maryland Public Service Commission this year. Potomac Edison serves about 187,000 customers in seven Western Maryland counties."There is a very important reason we are asking for this increase," Potomac Edison spokeswoman Cyndi Shoop said.
NEWS
January 6, 1995
More than 800 customers of Potomac Edison Co. between Mount Airy and Taylorsville lost electric power about 6 a.m. yesterday, a company spokesman said.All of the customers, along Route 27, had power restored by 11:05 a.m., the spokesman said. He said the outage was caused by equipment problems, and service crews would work late to make repairs.FIRE* Berrett: Winfield, Sykesville and Lisbon of Howard County were dispatched to a chimney fire in the 500 block of Danmarth Road at 9:58 a.m. yesterday.
NEWS
By From Staff Reports | August 21, 1994
Potomac Edison electric customers in Maryland probably will see a rise in their electric bills this fall, but the utility has cut its requested increase to about half of what it asked for in April.In an agreement filed with the Public Service Commission (PSC) last week, the rate increase would amount to $19.6 million. The figure includes a $4.9 million surcharge the company imposed to comply with the federal Clean Air Act and has been collecting since spring.The revised figures, worked out between representatives of Potomac Edison and the PSC, would amount to an average 5.6 percent increase in residential bills, according to Assistant People's Counsel Christopher R. Cook.
BUSINESS
By Kevin L. McQuaid and Kevin L. McQuaid,SUN STAFF | July 25, 1996
Potomac Edison Co. yesterday reached an agreement with the city of Hagerstown to purchase its municipal electric distribution system for $20 million in cash and a promise to freeze customers' rates through 2001.The agreement, to be voted on by residents in a November referendum, also calls for Potomac Edison to retain Hagerstown City Light's 36 employees for at least two years, invest a minimum of $8 million to upgrade the system, and add a customer-service facility in downtown Hagerstown.
NEWS
By Amy L. Miller and Amy L. Miller,Staff Writer | September 10, 1993
Potomac Edison, which provides electricity to about 9,000 western Carroll County residents, requested a two-part, 3.2 percent increase in its fuel rate from the Maryland Public Service Commission this week.The increase, if approved, would add $1.85 a month to the bill of a residential customer who uses 1,000 kilowatts of electricity, company spokeswoman Debbie Beck said. That "average" customer's bill would rise to $69.06 a month from $67.21, she said.Fuel rates are a separate charge on customer bills to help pay for running the company's generators.
NEWS
By Amy L. Miller and Amy L. Miller,Sun Staff Writer | August 17, 1994
FREDERICK -- Potomac Edison rate increases are exceeding the rate of inflation, causing frustration among customers on fixed incomes, state Public Service Commission representatives were told last night."