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Five Tips to Help You Prepare for Storms

 

  1. Assemble a storm kit
    Include nonperishable foods, bottled water, a telephone with a cord or a cellphone, a flashlight, battery-powered radio, medicines, and infant supplies.
  2. Develop an emergency plan and practice it regularly
    Identify special needs of family members, particularly infants and elderly persons. If someone relies on life-support equipment, identify an alternative location with power where they can go during a storm.
  3. Protect electronic equipment
    Plug items such as computers, televisions and DVD players into electrical surge protectors.
  4. Update your contact information
    Update your phone number to help us respond more quickly to outages. Call our Customer Care Service Center at 202-833-7500. Please have your Pepco account number handy.
  5. Sign up for the Emergency Medical Equipment Notification Program
    Customers who rely on electricity to power life-support equipment can learn of planned outages and severe weather that could disrupt power. To enroll, call 202-833-7500.