. >> news 4's justin finch is working for you about a free program helping pepco customers save money. >> my name is max. >> hi, max. here forhe energy home checkup. >> reporter: max is a home efficiency pro. he's walked lots of pepc customers through this quick home energy checkup. max shows homeowners how much energy they're using andmu how they could save. >> this is a nine watt l.e.d. it replaces a standard 60 wa r. orter: energy efficient lightbulbs just some of the simple fixes max kisps in h tool kit, small solutions that yn help lowr bill and your energy use right away. insulating water heater pipes is an easy way to conserve energy and your money. max also tests the hot water. >> we're looking for 120. we're in the 120 to 130 hrange, whs excellent. >> reporter: about 120 degrees fahrenheit is the recommended temperature for hot water and energy savings. the quick home energy checkup recommendations based on customer needs like efficient flow shower heads. pepco points out this checkup can be a starting point more savings. >> this also helps customers understand the other prog

he's walked lots of pepco customers through this quick home energy checkup. max shows homeowners how much t enery're using and how much they could save. >> this is a nine watt l.e.d. it replaces a standard 60 watt >> reporter: energy efficient lightbulbs just some of the simple fixes max keeps in his tool kit, small solutionthat can help lower your bill and your energy use right aw. insulating water heater pipes i an easy conserve energy and your money. max also tts the hot water. >> we're looking for 120. we're in the 120 to 130 range, which is excellent. >> reporter: about 120 degrees fahrenheit is the recommended temperature for hot water and energy savings. r e quick home energy checkup also includes ot recommendations based on customer needs like efficient flow shower heads. pepco points out this checkup can be a starting point for even more savings. >> this so helps customers understand the other programs that we have to offer, whether it's appliance rebates, hvac re tes, or a more in-depth home audit that looks at your home insulation. >> a lot of mone

he's walked lots of pepco customers through this quick home energy checkup. max shows homeowrs how much energy they're using and how much they could save. >> this is a nine watt l.e.d. it replaces a standard 60 watt. >> repter: energy efficient lightbulbs just some of the simple fixes max keeps in his tool kit, small solutions that can help lower your bill and your energy use right away. insulating water heater pipes is an easy way to conserve energy and your money.es max also the hot water. >> we're looking for 120. we're in the 120 to 130 range, which is excellent. >> reporter: about 120 degrees fahrenheit is the recommended temperature for hot water and energy savings. the quick home energy checkup also includes other recommendations based on customer needs like efficient flow shower heads. pepco points out this checkup can be a starting point for even more savings. >> this also helps customers understand the other programs t that we haoffer, whether it's appliance rebates, hvac rebates, or a more in-depth home audit that looks at your home insulation >>>

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pepco is reporting an tage effecting seven customers.hey expect to have the power restored by 6:30 this morning. >> the d.c. mansion murders i tria expected to wrap up day. he, his wife, son and housekeeper were killed in 2015 before their mansion was set on fire. you can keep up with the latest from the courtroom in the nbc washington app. >>n the search isr the driver of a red sedan that hit and killed a man on the inner loop of the beltway in fairfax county. nate dickerson was engaged to be married. his fiancee worried when he didn't return home from al alexandria. it hit and collided with an rv. when he left his car, another vehicle hit and killed him. that car's driver sped off. >> how can someone just hit someone and leave. and leave them like that. you took away my future. you took away myve lo my best friend. >> we don't know much about the other c other than the fact that it is red. dickerson's family is hoping that someone comes forward with more informion. >> the loudoun county school board will meet tonight at 6:30 and outrag

pepco says an equipment issue caused that outage which also impacted the metro stationer power is fully restored. >> an update to a water veve issuhat caused traffic issues in gaithersburg. all lanes of 355 will be open by 5:00 this morning. yesterday morning around 3:00 a valve bst causing water to gush into the air. >> today the d.c. council could appeal an initiative in vne. they'le on initiative 77 today that could raise the f minimum wag tipped workers by 2025. supportersovay turning the bill, council is disrespecting the democratic processnd d.c. voters. several council members on the mayor says initiative 77 is bad for workers and. busine today the d.c. council will also vote on a bill that would put restrictions on homeowners renting space on sites like airbnb. it would ban people from renting a second apartment or building and using itoly to rent out two others. the bill would also allow a homeowner to rent out the entire living space r if up -- for up to 90 days a year. >> they worked for years to get their hands on one of these and now we know what the caps championship rings

you can see the pepco truck moving backwards there. he was pulling up some of the wires. you got to feel for some of the homeowners here that are going to have a tough time trying to get out the dooror thisng. trying to get a better estimate as to when this tree will be removed and we'll be sure to update you coming up on the next hour. >> thank you, ris. >> 4:31. with tropical storm michael out of the florida panhandle, rick scott surveyed the damage by helicopter. you can see debris scattered across neighboood after neighborhood here with some roofs emissing. governor told reporters that places in the panhandle face a heavy lift during the recovery process. the look on the ground shows the devastation in one of the hardest h areas. this is mexico beach florida. >> more thanil 1on people are still without power and the death toll has now t climbed six people across florida, north carolina and in georgia where an 11-year-old girl died. a carporto crashed i a home there killing the girl. >> michael then moved on to virginia and caused flooding in roanoke. you can see the v

are not sure exactly what caused this, but we're told i was some type of problem with equipment at a pepco substation. live in bethesda, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> leon harris here at the live deskn the newsroom following developments in the brett vanaugh confirmation fight. today, the white house gave the fbi the gight to expand their atinvestigation. first, they were only able to interview four witnesses. they opened it up to other witnesses today, and that could mean other accusers. a new photo shows judge kavanaugh pictured with deborah ramirez in the late 0s. they were in the same wedding party more than a decade after ramirez says that kavanaugh exposed himself to her in a college dorm. nbc news also reports that text messages appear to kavanaugh asking a mutual friend to defend him onor thed against ramirez's allegations those allegation's went public. >>> and in an nbc news exclusive tonight, julie swetnick spoke for the first me. she says she was a victim of a gang rape in the early '80s. she has not saidan that kgh was her attacker. kavanaugh has denied all of ayis. president tru