In May and July Local 1900 President/Business Manager testified before D.C. Public Service commission on PEPco's failing infrastructure and the lack of trained workforce.
"Pepco has an aging workforce of which 40% will be eligible to retire in 3 to 5 years".
Along with this it has a infrastructure that is poorly maintained and is sure to cause major failures when a storm ocurrs, "the company needs to agressively hire new workers for it to be able to provide reliable electric service to the customers of D.C." says President Holt.

Residents, Officials Debate Fate of Mirant's Potomac River Plant

John Holt, president of IBEW Local 1900, says Potomac Electric Power, or Pepco, in Washington, D.C., has scaled back its tree-trimming and pole-replacement programs because of manpower shortages, slowing customer hookups and repairs. Pepco spokesman Robert Dobkin disputes that