Pepco Rate Hike Appeal Filed, How Maryland’s Abortion Laws Compare: The Daily Digest

Pepco| Leggett Files Appeal to Pepco Rate Increase
The nearly $28 million rate hike that the Maryland Public Service Commission granted Pepco last week will see a legal challenge from Montgomery County. Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett said in a statement Monday:

“The Public Service Commission’s decision to allow Pepco, for the first time, to charge customers a ‘Grid Resiliency Charge’ every month is troubling. Even if limited to certain costs just now, it is a terrible precedent.”
>>> See: Leggett Files Appeal to Pepco Rate Increase

State news | Where does Maryland stand on abortion?
Graphic designers and multimedia producers at The Washington Post created an infographic comparing abortion laws nationwide. An interesting tidbit: Virginia has more abortion providers than Maryland. Read the story here.

Local biz | Big Lots is open
Will you be bargain hunting at the new Germantown Big Lots? The chain is now open at the former Borders Books site at Milestone Shopping Center.

You Said it | Reader: Firehouse Subs gets a “***” review
That’s three computer asterisks, according to Patch reader Don O’Brien, who gave a good critique of Firehouse Subs, the latest eatery on Century Boulevard. Do you agree with O’Brien’s rating? >>> See: Firehouse Subs: Yum or Yuck?

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