[WardFive] Pepco Reliability Projects

Pepco has two ongoing reliability projects in Ward 5.  

 

 

Project in 5A/5B/5C

Pepco is currently undertaking numerous projects as part of our Reliability Enhancement Plan, which is aimed at improving service reliability in Washington, DC.  As part of these ongoing efforts to improve reliability and customer service, Pepco is replacing and or installing new equipment in neighborhoods experiencing recurring outages; trimming trees; adding and upgrading power lines to meet load growth; and installing advanced technologies to automatically identify and isolate issues on our equipment.

Pepco currently has an ongoing reliability project in your community on Feeder 14015.  For background purposes, a feeder consists of power lines that serve approximately 1,100 customers in a specific geographic region.  

This project includes installing and/or replacing  5,730 feet of primary tree wire, 38,783 feet of mainline secondary wire, 16,408 feet of secondary service wire, 69 Lighting arresters, 214 cross arms, 254 poles, 369 animal guards, 158 fuses, and 90 transformers.  The project is taking place primarily in the vicinity of 12^th Street, South Dakota Avenue, Webster Street, Eastern Avenue and 22nd Street, NE.  Crews estimate this project will be complete by June.

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Project in 5B / 5C

Pepco is currently undertaking numerous projects as part of our Reliability Enhancement Plan, which is aimed at improving service reliability in Washington, DC.  As part of these ongoing efforts to improve reliability and customer service, Pepco is replacing and or installing new equipment in neighborhoods experiencing recurring outages; aggressively trimming trees; adding and upgrading power lines to meet load growth; and installing advanced technologies to automatically identify and isolate issues on our equipment.

Pepco currently has an ongoing reliability project in your community on Feeder 14014.  For background purposes, a feeder consists of power lines that serve approximately 1,100 customers in a specific geographic region.  

This project includes installing and/or replacing  26,300 feet of secondary wire, 27 transformers, 23 poles, and 1 Automatic Circuit Recloser.  The project is taking place primarily near Rhode Island Avenue from 14th Street to Eastern Avenue, NE; Queens Chapel Road from Bladensburg Road to Evarts Street, NE; and Eastern Avenue from Varnum Street to Rhode Island Avenue, NE.  Crews estimate this project will be complete by the end of March.

 

 

Shirley Rivens Smith

srs-usasc@rcn.com

202-635-3138