Pepco’s CEO is doing quite well for himself, if you’re wondering.

In a 20-page proposal released this morning, the D.C. Taxicab Commission found that justification existed for raising rates, though it bucked proposals for more dramatic hikes and noted that “industry improvements are a must.”

Remember last week, when the Washington Post reported that Pepco had received several million dollars more in federal tax credits over the past few years than it had paid in taxes?

You may not be happy with the quality of service offered by the District’s taxicabs, nor might you be happy that any upgrades could well be paid for by a surcharge on all fees. But taxicab drivers have long complained that they’re not getting paid enough, and one proposal has been presented to increase how much they can charge riders.

In order to comply with proposed regulations requiring it to reduce the frequency and length of outages, Pepco wants to raise rates inside the District. But the much-maligned utility is experiencing some pushback from the city’s Office of the People’s Counsel, which has filed a motion with the District’s Public Service Commission to dismiss the utility’s request to raise rates.