Post 200: Top D.C.-Area Businesses

Pepco Holdings Inc. / POM

Pepco linemen upgrade a power line at 49th PL and Fitch Pl., NE.

Pepco linemen upgrade a power line at 49th PL and Fitch Pl., NE. (Photo: James M. Thresher / The Washington Post)

About Pepco Holdings Inc.

701 Ninth St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20068
www.pepcoholdings.com | 202-872-2000 | Founded: 1896

Industry: Energy | Category: Top 100 Companies

With an eye toward possible climate-related legislation and the rising cost of energy, Pepco — which delivers electricity to customers in the District and parts of Maryland, Virginia and New Jersey — has embraced proposals that would spur energy efficiency. It now backs a plan that would give it incentives to reduce its customers' energy use, and it wants to install meters that give homeowners better ability to manage their power consumption.

Chairman and CEO: Dennis R. Wraase

Vice chairman and general counsel: William T. Torgerson

2007 Financial Data

Total employees: 5,131 | Local employees: 2,591

Company Leadership

Jack B. Dunn IV Director
Terence C. Golden Director
Frank O. Heintz Director
Barbara Janet Krumsiek Director
George F. MacCormack Director
Richard B. McGlynn Director
Lawrence C. Nussdorf Director
Frank K. Ross Director
Pauline A. Schneider Director
Lester P. Silverman Director
William T. Torgerson Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer
Dennis R. Wraase Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Dennis R. Wraase Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Source: Compensation data provided by Equilar, Inc..

Dennis R. Wraase
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
$9,098,571
Salary: $1,026,941

Did You Know

WATTS UP: For the first time in a decade, Pepco recently won rate increases for electricity distribution costs; it had received other rate increases to cover costs tied to the price of fuels.

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