J NE 2016 PDATE PROGRESS REPOR Our Work to Upgrade Reliability District of Columbia Progress Results 1. TRIMMING TREES Many of Pepco’s recent outages are a direct result of We trimmed trees along 45.1 miles of power lines in trees falling on power lines. Pepco is aggressively the District of Columbia during June, bringing the trimming trees along public rights of way to obtain annual total to 178.5 miles. The annual target for increased clearance between the overhead electric 2016 is 400 miles. wires and existing trees. Pepco also will work with District of Columbia communities and homeowners to remove potentially hazardous trees which fall outside of the company’s right of way area. 2. IMPROVING PRIORITY FEEDERS A feeder is an electric power line that distributes In June, we continued work in the areas of Fort Davis, power to up to 1,100 customers within a specific Capitol Hill, Deanwood, Hillbrooke and Fort Dupont. geographic area. Each year, across the District of We completed work on one project to date. We plan Columbia, Pepco selects feeders for additional work to complete 16 projects during 2016. to improve performance. As part of the Reliability Enhancement Plan, Pepco has expanded this program by 45 percent. 3. PREPARING FOR SYSTEM GROWT Similar to upgrading electric service to your home to In June, we completed work in the area of Eckington. accommodate new appliances and electronic devices, We continued work on projects in the areas of Pepco is continuing to upgrade power lines and is eorgetown, Foggy Bottom, Petworth and Brookland. adding circuits to accommodate new customers and We completed work on two projects to date. We plan support increased energy use by existing customers. to complete six projects during 2016. pepco.com PROGRESS REPORT – DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA J NE 2016 PDATE 4. INSTALLING ADVANCED TEC NOLOGIES Pepco is installing advanced control systems that In June, we completed work in the area of allow the electric system to identify problems and Takoma Park. We continued work on projects in the perform switching automatically. The technology will areas of Cathedral Heights, Brightwood Park, automatically isolate failed pieces of equipment and Benning and Brookland. We completed work on one restore most of the affected customers within project to date. The 2016 plan includes the activation minutes of the failure. of six automated restoration schemes. 5. IMPROVING ADDITIONAL FEEDERS A feeder is an electric power line that distributes In June, we completed work in Washington Highlands. power to up to 1,100 customers within a specific We continued work in the areas of Cleveland Park, geographic area. This program supplements the Adams Morgan, Congress Heights and Petworth. We priority feeder program and focuses on addressing completed work on one project to date. We planned to equipment, vegetation, weather and animal-related complete 13 projects during 2016. issues that negatively impact reliability performance. As part of the Reliability Enhancement Plan, Pepco will expand this program by 45 percent. pepco.com .