Description
Power to our office building at 110 North Washington Street has gone out 4 times since the beginning of the year, most recently on Friday, August 2 and Monday, August 5. The power outages have not been due to weather issues, but apparently have been caused by transformer problems which PEPCO has had to come out and fix. Could these problems be due to surges? Problems with insufficient infrastructure and growth taking place in Rockville? I really cannot even begin to pretend to understand what is causing these outages (and in truth, nobody is taking the time to explain it to us), but as a small business, we cannot afford to lose the days of work we have lost this year. We want to know whether PEPCO is taking proactive measures to ensure that the transformers are sufficient to support the buildings which work off of them.
2 Comments
AddiesDaddy (Registered User)
Closed Louise Atkins (Registered User)
City of Rockville staff followed up with PEPCO regarding this issue and PEPCO provided the following information.
We are aware of the outages on the feeder that serves this property. Earlier this year we completed a review of the feeder and will be taking the following steps in response to the causes of the outages:
1. The transformer on North Washington Street will be replaced.
2. Combination brackets on North Washington Street will be replaced with fiber glass brackets.
3. Fuse cutouts and lightning arresters on South Washington Street will be replaced.
4. Animal guard and lightning arrester protection devices will be installed along North Washington Street., north of Beall Avenue, Dawson Avenue, Middle Lane, West Montgomery Avenue and Caller Road.
Louise Atkins, Council Support Specialist, City of Rockville