Power Restored Following Friday's Storms
BGE restored power to more than 32,000 customers through Sunday morning
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(UPDATED 11:00 a.m, Sunday) Power has been restored to practically all of the more than 32,000 BGE customers that were left without power following Friday night's severe storms.
BGE reports that it has completed al its restoration work that began Friday when storms, which included at least nine confirmed tornado in Anne Arundel County near Thurgood Marshall BWI Airport, came through the region.
According to a news release, BGE said it had 700 workers of its own, along with 69 contractor utility workers from Exelon sister company PECO assisting in the efforts.
BGE reports among the hardest hit areas were Towson and Fallston. The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado touched down in Pleasant Hills area of Harford County at 5:54 p.m. Friday while The Baltimore Sun reported that the storm caused $1 million in damages in the county.
Lexa Newman
2:03 pm on Saturday, June 2, 2012
The area in Towson near Calvert Hall College/Loch Raven Technical Academy looks like it got hit pretty well, too. Glad it wasn't worse!
Margaret
5:53 pm on Sunday, June 3, 2012
I am glad we got our electric power back no damages that I know of in Parkville.
Margaret
5:54 pm on Sunday, June 3, 2012
I also forgot to say I hope no one was injuried.
Tyler Waldman
9:24 pm on Sunday, June 3, 2012
Officials said following the storms that there were fortunately no reports of injuries in Baltimore County.
April Tinker
11:31 pm on Sunday, June 3, 2012
I've been hearing about the storm and bad damage in Kingsville. Any news to relay about that? I haven't read anything about it.
April
Buzz Beeler
8:18 am on Monday, June 4, 2012
There goes you $100 rebate. At times my power would be off as long at the change in seasons.
The governor attacked BG&E over this issue of their response in power outages and now he raves over $100 bucks their giving back.
http://dundalk.patch.com/blog_posts/blog-100-rebate
M. Sullivan
9:02 am on Monday, June 4, 2012
Just wait and see how much the new "Smart Meters" are going to cost you. Some simple online searching reveals some surprising information regarding these things.
For instance, as many as 80% of households in other states have seen their bills increase after Smart Meter installation. Also, BGE can only measure your monthly usage now. With Smart Meters, they can measure individual usage each hour and can charge higher rates during hours of peak usage. Also, BGE is only getting $200 million from the Fed for an estimated $500 million installation cost. Where will that other $300 million come from? Finally, BGE is loudly trying to calm fears of Radio Frequency dangers. This is just a smokescreen to divert attention from the real danger; there have been numerous electrical fires and electrical damage in other states directly attributed to the Smart Meter or its installation. This is the real danger.
It will be interesting to see what our wonderful Public Service Commission does for us in obtaining the right to "opt out" without an extortion penalty from BGE.
vietnam vet
9:12 am on Monday, June 4, 2012
M.Sullivan. Thanks for the heads up.
Lucy R
12:33 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012
Re: Storm Damage - I was in the Walmart in Towson on Sunday, and it looked like they may have some - a substantial portion of the upper level had been cordoned off, and all of the ceiling tiles in that area had been removed. I'm guessing roof damage.