Pepco Energy Services Illuminates Monumental Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center

    ARLINGTON, Va., July 16 /EMWNews/ -- Pepco Energy

Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Pepco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: POM) and a

leader in energy and energy-related services, announced today that it has

been awarded a contract to supply electricity to the new Gaylord National

Resort and Convention Center in Prince George's County, Maryland.



    Facilitated by The Loyalton Group of Washington, D.C., the 20-month

contract calls for Pepco Energy Services to provide Gaylord National Resort

and Convention Center with 148 million kilowatt-hours of electricity for

its 2,000 hotel rooms, seven restaurants, five retail shops, 18-story glass

atrium and 470,000 square feet of meeting space.



    "Pepco Energy Services is excited to be supplying electricity to the

monumental Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center," said John

Huffman, President and Chief Operating Officer of Pepco Energy Services.



    Pepco Energy Services also provides power to such national landmarks as

the U.S. Capitol, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Gallery of Art

and the Kennedy Center, as well as supplies 100% renewable resources to the

Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island, the Ellis Island Immigration Museum on

Ellis Island, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency headquarters,

located in Washington, D.C.

    About Pepco Energy Services



    Pepco Energy Services, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pepco

Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: POM) and a leader in providing commercial,

institutional, government and industrial customers with competitive

electricity and natural gas supply and energy efficiency services. Visit

http://www.pepcoenergy.com for more information.



    Pepco Energy Services, Inc. is not the same company as Potomac Electric

Power Company, and prices and services of Pepco Energy Services, Inc. are

not set by the Public Service Commission.



    Information contained in this news release may include forward-looking

statements that should be considered in light of the risks inherent in the

business of Pepco Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, as discussed in

public documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.