Aftermath of Irene: BGE Says 1,800 Still Have No Electricity

Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE), the main supplier of electricity to homes in Anne Arundel County, has been working for six straight days to restore power to residents in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene. While 169,180 have been restored in the county since last Sunday—still 1,770 Anne Arundel homes remain without power.

BGE said that in a number of places,  the outages are isolated to a single home or business.

For example, BGE may believe it has restored power to a home based upon information from the field that indicates that a neighborhood has been restored, while another problem exists specific to a single home (a line may be down from the street to a house, or a tree/debris on a single line has caused a short).

In those instances, BGE asks that the outage hotline be called again to re-report. The outage reporting number is 877-778-2222.

But they may be in a race against time because another storm (or two) may be bearing down on the area. By Wednesday or Thursday, the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee may arrive, dumping rains and winds associated with what—by then—will be a tropical depression.

Next weekend may bring another storm. Hurricane Katia, although it is expected to make an easterly turn and remain offshore. (Keep your fingers crossed).

In all BGE has restored power to  737,742 homes in Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Harford, Howard, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties.

Out-of-state workers remain in place to restore the 8,926 who are out of power in the rest of the state.

Montgomery is closest to being finished with only 5 customers out.

Baltimore County is farthest from complete, with 3,334 still out of power.