Power Outage

DELMARVA– The peninsula's biggest utility companies reported thousands of household power outages as storms rolled across the peninsula March 16. 

Many remained without power as of 8:45 a.m. on March 17. 

Delaware Electric Co-Op's outage center listed 269 customers without power, down from nearly 1,600 at 7:45 a.m. The company said crews had restored addressed outages for over 6,000 homes by 5:15 a.m., with approximately 15 power poles broken in the storm.

Delmarva Power reported over 2,200 custotmers affected across the peninsula as of 8:45 a.m. 

Choptank Electric Cooperative's outage map showed only two customers reporting outages, down from approximately 400 around 6:45 a.m.

Customers are urged to report outages to their utility companies as soon as possible.

This article will be periodically updated as outage reporting changes.

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Maegan Summers is originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She joined WBOC as a video journalist in July of 2024 after graduating with a degree in Broadcast Journalism from American University. Maegan can now be found covering stories across Sussex County, Delaware.

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Bees is an Ocean City local familiar with Eastern Shore culture and history. She is passionate about audience engagement through community journalism, media literacy and language. Before joining WBOC, Bees was Editor in Chief of SU's student news outlet, The Flyer. She is thrilled to serve Delmarva as a newscast producer on WBOC's team.

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