For Immediate Release
October 15, 2001

Potomac Electric Power Company (NYSE: Pom) will host a conference call to discuss third quarter results beginning at 10:00 a.m. EDT, Friday, October 26. A question and answer period will follow brief remarks by senior management. The teleconference will be available to the general public at (212) 346-6400 and broadcast live on the company`s Web site at www.pepco.com. An audio archive of the call will be available on the Web site following the call and can be accessed for replay by dialing 800-633-8284; passcode is 19852137.

About Pepco
Pepco is an investor-owned utility that delivers electricity in Washington, D.C. and the Maryland suburbs to more than 700,000 customers. Through its family of subsidiaries, Pepco also operates in the mid-Atlantic region in the competitive arenas of diversified energy products and services and telecommunications.