WASHINGTON — Pepco officials say they鈥檙e ready for what could be a rough winter.
鈥淲e stand prepared to restore power as safely and as efficiently as we can,鈥� said Mike Sullivan, Pepco鈥檚 Senior Vice President of Operations and Engineering.
More than 150 internal lineman, 250 contractors and more than 200 tree crews are working nonstop, Sullivan said. Pepco can call sister companies Delmarva Power and Atlantic City Electric if extra resources are needed.
Freezing rain is usually the first thing Pepco deals with during the winter. The agency starts seeing outages when there鈥檚 a quarter-inch of ice on tree limbs and power lines.
As for when Pepco restores power, Sullivan said the agency tries to restore critical care facilities first. Then water treatment plants and hospitals.
鈥淭hen we slowly work our way through the transmission system, getting the large transmission lines up, substations, main distribution lines,鈥� Sullivan continued. 鈥淎nd then finally the lines that feed into individual homes and neighborhoods.鈥�
So make sure you have an emergency kit at home.
鈥淭hings like a battery power radio or television, flashlights and first aid kits,鈥� Sullivan said. 鈥淭hings like that.鈥� 聽
