Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Pepco contractors will be cutting trees in University Park for three weeks.
Driving around University Park, residents may see Pepco contractors trimming trees around power lines. The work began last Tuesday after a little drama: According to Mayor John Tabori, the town was issuing Pepco a permit to trim trees in early March, but one contractor began work along 40th Avenue prior to the permit's issuance. Eight to ten trees were cut during that process and the town suspended Pepco's permit. The permit was recently reinstated. Residents can expect the work to be completed by April 12, as estimated by Pepco, the town's director of public works Michael Beall said. Pepco Media Relations Manager Marcus Beal said tree trimming is a part of Pepco's effort to become more reliable. The Maryland Legislature passed the …
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
"Mutual aid" utility crews are arriving from Georgia and Alabama; plus, what to do if your power goes out.
Utility crews from Alabama and Georgia have started arriving in the DC area to assist Pepco with any power outages from the snowstorm expected to hit Washington overnight Tuesday, Pepco officials said Tuesday. Pepco requested more than 300 mutual aid workers from areas of the country not affected by this winter storm, and hundreds of overhead line workers and tree trimmers hit the streets Tuesday to prepare, according to a Pepco statement. The entire DC metro area is under a winter storm warning that runs from midnight Wednesday through 3 a.m. Thursday. The storm is expected to switch between rain, snow and a wintry mix several times before it ends, and the DC area could see several inches of heavy, wet snow, National Weather Service …
Monday, February 11, 2013
Parts of University Park, Riverdale Park, Hyattsville, and College Park were briefly without power Monday morning.
At around 9:30 a.m. this morning, a large swath of University Park, and some areas of Riverdale Park, College Park and Hyattsville went unexpectedly dark. The outage was caused when a tree limb fell across all three phases near Underwood Street, according to Pepco spokesperson Marcus Beal. At the height of the outage, 423 customers were without power, and signals were dark at the intersection of U.S. Route 1 and East-West Highway. Riverdale Park police were on site directing traffic. Residents report that crews reached the scene quickly, and power was restored to most homes and businesses within the hour. As of 10:22 a.m., the limb had been cleared and only four customers were still without power, said Beal. The outage comes three days …
Monday, October 29, 2012
Marylanders without power number 75,000 as Sandy picks up speed and intensity.
Hurricane Sandy is expected to make landfall between 8 and 10 p.m. Monday, Gov. Martin O’Malley said in a 5 p.m. press conference. The number of Maryland residents without power reached 75,000 just after 5 p.m., O’Malley said at Maryland Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Reisterstown. “The storm is becoming stronger in her center with 90 mile an hour winds,” O’Malley said. “The good news is she’s moving faster.” If the storms continue to move fast, it may be in Maryland for a shorter time than the originally predicted 24 to 36 hours, O’Malley said. In addition to power outages, the number of which will increase, the state is monitoring flooding. Five to six inches of rain have already fallen, and another six inches is expected to…
Additionally, bridges will close and early voting tomorrow is canceled, Gov. Martin O’Malley said Monday afternoon.
As Hurricane Sandy arrives in Maryland, more than 24,000 state residents are without power, Gov. Martin O’Malley announced in a press briefing Monday afternoon. “This is a very, very dangerous storm and she is intensifying at her center,” he said. O'Malley reiterated that trees, poles and power lines will be knocked down. “The main message of the day is to hunker down and to stay inside,” he said. In the half-hour prior the briefing, which began just after 2 p.m., the number of Marylanders without power rose from around 1,000 to more than 24,000, O'Malley said at Maryland Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Reisterstown. One person died in a weather-related car crash in Montgomery County around 11:30 a.m. Monday, The Washington …
Patch will update the outage numbers in this story throughout the storm.
Update, Oct. 30, 7:30 a.m.: There are just over 10,000 customers without power in Prince George's County as of this mornnig. BGE is reporting 6,044 outages, Pepco is reporting 4,651 outages and SMECO is reporting 348 outages. There is still widespread rain throughout the area, but winds are beginning to taper off. Update, Oct. 30, 1 a.m.: Power Outages: Currently, Prince George’s County has approximately 12,800 customers without power, according to county estimates: Pepco has 7,008 PG customers without power, BGE has 5,423 and SMECO has 374. Update, 10:45 p.m.: Pepco is reporting 8,470 outages in Prince George's County. That's up from 5,000 a few hours ago. Winds are expected to be powerful overnight so more customers could lose power. We…
Gov. Martin O’Malley urged Marylanders to stay inside for the next 36 hours and said the storm will take lives as it moves through Maryland.
Gov. Martin O’Malley said Marylanders will die as Hurricane Sandy moves through the state. “The days ahead are going to be very difficult,” he said in a press conference at Maryland Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Reisterstown Monday morning. “There will be people who will die and are killed in the storm.” He urged residents to stay off the roads and stay inside for the next 24 to 36 hours. High winds are anticipated for the Baltimore-Washington area by the early afternoon, O’Malley said. He expects power outages to start this afternoon and this evening. “There will be many trees that will go down and there will be many power lines that will go down,” he said. The storm has intensified in the past 12 hours, the governor said. “…
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Pepco is preemptively increasing the number of utility workers it is bringing in from across the country, as Hurricane Sandy continues to head north.
In the face of recent storm projections for Hurricane Sandy, Pepco has increased the size of its call for help with Maryland and Washington, DC. Originally, the power company asked utilities in the Southeast and Midwest to pitch in with an additional 2,500 line personnel and 400 tree personnel. The company has increased those requests to 3,000 and 600 more workers respectively. It is a preemptive move, as Pepco will wait for safe conditions before sending personnel out in the storm. Once the wind subsides, though, Pepco plans to dispatch them, said Bob Hainey, Pepco spokesman. "It's very dangerous and that's why we take a lot of safety precautions," Hainey said. "You can't send someone out and put them up in a bucket truck if you have high…
Friday, October 26, 2012
Pepco warns that Hurricane Sandy could be a "potentially catastrophic event."
Pepco's pre-hurricane message to customers on Friday: Be prepared, and be patient. Hurricane Sandy—dubbed Frankenstorm—"has the potential to cause devastating damage to our service territory," Pepco warned. "[Tens] or even hundreds of thousands of customers could lose power during this potentially catastrophic event," and multi-day outages are a possibility, according to a Pepco statement. “We’re hearing forecasts that we could see heavy sustained winds for up to 48 hours as this storm makes an agonizingly slow track across our overall system,” Pepco President Thomas H. Graham said. Heavy rain also is expected, according to weather services. Crews will start fixing downed power lines as soon as the storm's winds subside below 35 mph, "…
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Both Pepco and Baltimore Gas and Electric are reporting a significant number of outages in the DC suburbs.
Utilities in the Washington, DC suburbs are reporting thousands of outages for customers in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties following thunderstorms and high winds throughout the region. Pepco is reporting 1,058 active outages throughout their coverage area, which includes Montgomery and Prince George's Counties and the District. In Montgomery, 15,441 customers are affected and 26,521 customers in Prince George's are affected. Baltimore Gas and Electric reports 1,650 customers in Prince George's out of power. No Montgomery County customers are affected. Stay with Patch for updates. A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 10 p.m. for many areas east of Interstate 95, according to the National Weather Service. Prince George'…
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