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NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings has
affirmed the senior unsecured debt rating of PEPCO Holdings (PHI) at
'BBB', along with the ratings of PHI's subsidiaries as outlined below .
Fitch notes that several district court decisions in recent months
have favored PEPCO. I appeared on CNN with Lou Waters to discuss my then
newly published book, 'The Alleged Budget Surplus, Social Security, and Voodoo
Economics,' but I didn't make much progress with Waters. "I'm involved in
the news. Smith said."

CONTACT: Barbara Rugel (863) 206-4431 or Allen W. For up-to-date
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The achievement of significant parent level debt reduction and a
resulting improvement in credit measures could lead to a positive
rating action. Every dime that goes in from payroll taxes is spent.

PRESS RELEASE New National Survey Results From Mothers Refute Belief That Women Are Requesting Cesarean Sections Without Medical Reason

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prospective material cash flow reduction at Potomac Electric Power Co.
Fitch affirms the following ratings with a Negative Rating
Outlook:

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

-- Senior secured 'A';

-- Senior unsecured 'A-';

-- Preferred stock 'BBB+';

-- Commercial paper 'F1'. Smith, Ph.

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(PEPCO ) if Mirant Corp. If it had not been for the efforts of Bob Woodward and Carl
Bernstein," Smith continued , "I doubt that the full extent of the Watergate
scandal would have ever surfaced, and I think that the looting of Social
Security, because it involves both major political parties and extends over a
period of more than 20 years, is much more serious than Watergate in terms of
the harm it has inflicted on the American people. Smith (863) 206-4292
email: ironwoodas@aol.D.

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Operations of PHI's principal subsidiaries are
satisfactory , and cash flow from operations is likely to be stable
over the next several years. PHI has disclosed
that tax benefits claimed by PCI from 2001 through the first quarter
of 2005 totaled $189 million , though PHI could also be subject to
additional taxes, interest and penalties, if the IRS were to prevail. But it doesn't have any economic significance whatsoever.."
Smith considers this statement an admission by the President of The United
States that all Social Security surplus money has been spent and that
President Bush is continuing to spend Social Security money each and every
day .

Eighty-one percent of mothers stated that before consenting to a cesarean
section, it is necessary to know every possible complication, and 17%
felt it necessary to know most complications . Close to half of survey participants
(42% to 45%) were "not sure" about how to reply to four statements about
complications of cesareans, and 21% to 33% responded incorrectly. Of the remaining women who had a
repeat cesarean, 45% were interested in the option of VBAC, but more than
half (56%) of them were denied this option, primarily because their
caregiver (45%) or hospital (23%) was unwilling to do a VBAC.

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district ruled that MIR
couldn't reject the 'back-to-backs' because these agreements could not
be separated from the original asset sale agreement under which PEPCO
sold its generating assets to MIR."
The only major newspaper in which Smith found Walker's statement reported
was the San Francisco Chronicle.jsp?userid=350721

Only one woman (0. The survey was carried out in partnership
with Lamaze International and conducted
by Harris Interactive .

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More recently, in April 2005, the same district court ordered MIR
to continue payments to PEPCO under the back-to-backs pending the
outcome of litigation. Financial performance at CEH improved
during 2004 compared to 2003 as a result of more favorable weather
conditions, greater plant dispatch and improved spark spreads. Both PEPCO and
DPL will have the opportunity to file for base rate increases . (Guaranteed by PEPCO Holdings,
Inc. "Almost nobody seems to have
been looking out for the American people -- not the government, not the AARP,
and not even the nation's journalists. That's not the way the
system works.com

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Fitch notes, however, that PHI's
financial liquidity adequately covers the possibility of adverse
outcomes on both matters.S.
The rating affirmations of PEPCO , Atlantic City Electric Co.

Fitch also affirms the following ratings with a Stable Outlook:

Atlantic City Electric Co."
Smith said he thought Bush's admission that the trust fund has been looted
and that it does not hold any real assets would be the beginning of the
revelation of the great Social Security fraud that has been going on for two
decades and involves both the Democrats and the Republicans.

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rating category . in 2007.

-- Senior secured 'A';

-- Senior unsecured 'A-';

-- Preferred stock 'BBB+';

-- Commercial paper 'F1'. WINTER HAVEN, Fla., Economist, Allen W. This indicates that mothers do not
understand the degree to which legal,
financial, clinical and other factors are impacting their care.

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Supreme Court. "It is almost
beyond belief that for more than 20 years the United States government has
successfully hoodwinked almost all Americans into believing that their Social
Security contributions were being saved and invested when the government was
actually spending every dime," Dr. If this were done," Smith argues, "full benefits could be paid until
at least 2042 ." And Smith claims that, by removing the $90,000 cap on earnings
subject to payroll taxes, the government could complete the Social Security
fix. I thought
the American people would now be able to see clearly that the only reason Bush
is pushing for Social Security reform is that he knows there is no money in
the trust fund.

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The Rating Outlook remains Negative. PCI's rating reflects
PHI 's unconditional guarantee of its debt. A further downgrade of their
parent, PHI, would adversely affect the ratings of these subsidiaries.

Bush's Words 'Every Dime That Goes in From Payroll Taxes is Spent ... if There's Excess it's Spent on Government Programs ' is an Admission of the Looting of

Smith is especially perplexed that so little news coverage has been given
to recent statements by the comptroller general of the GAO, and by President
Bush, which back up what Smith has been arguing for years. In
addition, nearly 10 percent of survey respondents reported feeling pressure
from a health professional to have a cesarean delivery, vastly outweighing
the pressure from mothers to have one."

About
the Survey

The Listening to Mothers survey reached nearly 1,600 U .

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PEPCO's avenues of
recourse are to fight the rejection in court, and, if unsuccessful, to
pursue a claim as an unsecured creditor in Mirant's bankruptcy
proceedings; finally, PEPCO would seek recovery of any remaining
balance from utility ratepayers. A
continuation of high debt leverage relative to cash flow could result
in a negative rating action.

Potomac Electric Power Co. Smith, the author of 'The Looting of Social
Security: How the Government is Draining America's Retirement Account,' has
been trying to make that very point for the past five years. Are you a voice crying in the wilderness? And if not , why haven't we
seen a presidential candidate, any presidential candidate, talk about this?"
Smith's attempt to convince the public that their Social Security
contributions have not been invested in marketable Treasury bonds, as the
supporters of the 1983 payroll tax increase intended , but instead have been
looted and spent on other programs, has been an uphill battle.
There are no stocks or bonds or real estate in the trust fund.lootingsocialsecurity. women 18-45 who
gave birth in a hospital to a single infant in 2005, with the infant still
living at the time of the survey .

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ultimately succeeds in rejecting certain power
purchase agreement (PPA) related obligations. A more recent
development is the announcement of an investigation by the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS ) of tax benefits PHI has claimed from Potomac
Capital Investment's (PCI) portfolio of cross-border energy leases. reflect each utility's stable cash flows
and solid individual financial performance 's.

-- Senior secured 'A-';

-- Senior unsecured 'BBB+';

-- Preferred stock 'BBB ';

-- Commercial paper 'F2'. When I tried to
convince him that the alleged budget surplus was almost all Social Security
money, and told him that the government was misusing Social Security money by
spending it on other programs, he reacted with disbelief.





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"Mothers have spoken: they are not electing to have cesareans without
medical reason. Just 12% of women
with a previous cesarean had a VBAC.

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Nonetheless, PHI's 2004 adjusted parent debt leverage
of 4.
However, PHI is exposed to event risk from two sources that cloud
the improvement in leverage over the next couple of years . A continuation of
high natural gas prices could prove challenging, at least in the
near-term ."
Smith contends that, "Most of the Social Security problem would disappear,
if the government would: (1) stop looting the trust fund; (2) repay the
$1. How could he not know? He looted $509 billion from the trust
fund during his first term, and he is continuing to spend approximately
$400 million of surplus Social Security money each and every day. "The only question is how
long it will take for journalists who have been intimidated by the Bush
administration to overcome their fear of tackling politically explosive
stories. "Denying women the option of vaginal birth after
cesarean is a major factor in our escalating national cesarean rate.

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6 trillion that it has already looted; and (3) invest the money in real
assets. He points out that
on January 21, 2005 Comptroller General David Walker of the GAO made the
following statement during a presentation in Washington:
"The left hand owes the right hand, and that has legal, political and
moral significance.

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makers, health professionals and women themselves must confront factors
leading to avoidable cesareans," stated Maureen Corry, MPH, Executive
Director, Childbirth Connection.

Mothers were asked to express their views about whether women's preferences
for a cesarean or vaginal birth should be honored.

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The timing of any potential payout by PCI is uncertain and litigation
related to these tax benefits could drag on for several years.
A long-simmering dispute relates to Mirant's attempts during
bankruptcy proceedings to default on two 'back-to-back' agreements
that require Mirant to purchase power from PEPCO at prices
significantly above current forward market prices.)

-- Senior unsecured debt 'BBB'.

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PHI's Negative Rating Outlook reflects the company 's relatively
weak consolidated credit measures. Irrespective of the outcome in the appeals
court , either party is likely to attempt to appeal the case before the
U., and
Delmarva Power + Light Co.C. It has nothing
of real value to draw down .
Allen W.
http://profnet. Eighty-five percent
agreed that a woman with a previous cesarean should be able to have a vaginal
birth after cesarean (VBAC) if she wants one, and only 5% disagreed.

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PHI has formally received an IRS letter challenging PHI's
2001-2002 tax position on its lease investments. PHI's cash flow could be positively impacted during the
next couple of years by the expiration of the distribution rate caps
in Maryland and Delaware during 2006 and D.
Reflecting back on his struggle to raise public awareness to the Social
Security fraud, Smith said, "My first opportunity to alert the American people
that their Social Security contributions were being spent by the government
came in September 2000.
"We're not hearing any of this in the news," Waters said. The trust fund gives a very false sense of
security about where we are and how much time we have. It's spent
on retirees, and if there's excess, it's spent on government programs. "I don't see how you could interpret it any other way," Smith said.

And, while nearly three-quarters of mothers believed that they themselves
should make childbirth decisions after considering the advice of their
caregivers -- assuming there are no medical complications -- 42% believed
that the current malpractice environment leads providers to perform
cesarean sections that are not really needed to avoid being sued.

However, the survey found that last year most women with a previous
cesarean had no recourse but surgery for giving birth.

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Fitch views the likelihood of significant recovery
of additional costs related to these two obligations in bankruptcy
court or from ratepayers as reasonable, though the probable lag of
such recovery could pressure cash flows and slow PHI's debt reduction.

Smith, is
puzzled as to why President Bush's public acknowledgement that the Social
Security trust fund has been looted and holds only "a pile of IOUs" has
received so little news coverage.
On February 10, 2005, President Bush made the following statement about
the trust fund during a speech in Pennsylvania:
"Now , one of the myths about Social Security is there's a pile of money
sitting there accumulating, because you put money in, the government saves it
for you, and then when you retire you get it out.08%) of more than 1,300
surveyed who might have chosen an initial or "primary" cesarean without
medical reason did so, according to Listening to Mothers survey data
released today by Childbirth
Connection , a leading national not-for-profit organization that works
to improve the quality of maternity care for women and families.

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CEH
substantially hedges its sales and fuel inputs for one to three years
forward. The Negative Rating Outlook
for PEPCO, Conectiv and DPL reflect Fitch's notching policy on
subsidiary and parent rating linkage.

Senior unsecured debt 'BBB';

Commercial paper 'F2'. "The American
people are going to become very angry when they finally realize that they have
been ripped off by their government," Smith said.

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PHI has reduced consolidated debt,
trust preferred and preferred securities during 2003-2004 through a
combination of internally generated cash, asset sales and equity
issuance , and is committed to further reducing debt over the next
several years.
PHI's current ratings are supported by the stable cash flows
generated by its three regulated electric distribution subsidiaries
(accounting for over 70% of EBITDA) and ample system liquidity,
combined with the higher risk profile of the non-regulated generation
and marketing subsidiaries.. "The
president was verifying everything I have been saying for the past five years,
and I was sure that the president's acknowledgement would make the Social
Security trust fund fraud the leading news story the following day.

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These two matters could remain unresolved for an extended period,
creating ongoing uncertainty. However , CEH's gas-fired generating portfolio is sensitive to
commodity prices and regional spark spread levels.S.

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In December 2004, a U. This decision has been appealed by
MIR.

Potomac Capital Investment Corp.

Delmarva Power and Light Co.

Conectiv

-- Senior unsecured 'BBB+'.com
Website: http://www. Virtually all who had primary cesareans believed there was
a valid medical reason for the surgery.

"Despite lots of talk about women's choice and cesarean section, the
Listening to Mothers survey clarifies that virtually no women are choosing
to have a first, or 'primary,' cesarean without medical reason, and many
women's choices about how to give birth after they have had a cesarean are
not being honored," said Carol Sakala, PhD, MSPH, Director of Programs ,
Childbirth Connection.org

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Fitch Affirms PEPCO Holdings + Subsidiaries; Outlook Remains Negative

6 times (x) still exceeds Fitch's target of 3. Competitive power generation and energy
marketing are conducted primarily through CEH, which owns
approximately 3,700 MW of efficient gas-fired 'mid -merit' generating
assets in the PJM East region. By contrast, most mothers who
had cesareans were poorly informed about specific
complications of cesarean section.childbirthconnection.

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