Posts Tagged ‘Delmarva Power’
Delmarva Power sends crews to Florida ahead of Hurricane Dorian
Delmarva Power is sending crews and equipment to Florida to repair damage and help restore energy service to customers who could be impacted by Hurricane Dorian. More than 140 Delmarva Power employees and contractors are heading south as part of mutual assistance networks coordinating recovery efforts. “Energy companies from across the country have supported our…
Read MoreUPDATED: Power Outages the Early AM Wake-up for Bridgeville & Lewes
About 2000 people in Bridgeville were without power for a time this morning. Power went out around 6:30am and Delmarva Power spokesman Timothy Stokes tells WGMD, “Our operations team shared with me that we did experience an outage in the Bridgeville area this morning at 6:30 a.m., impacting 2,068 customers. The outage was caused by…
Read MoreDelmarva Power Phone Scam Resurfaces
Watch out for a new series of scam phone calls. A WGMD listener reports that they got a phone call that Delmarva Power was going to turn my power of to the office in thirty minutes because I had not paid my bill in two months and they had dispatched a technician to turn off.…
Read MoreDelmarva Power Peak Saving Day on Friday – 1 to 5pm
Delmarva Power customers will have an opportunity to save money and energy by reducing their electric use on Friday, July 19, between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. An increased demand for electricity throughout the Mid-Atlantic region is anticipated for Friday. While the region’s power supply is expected to be sufficient to meet high demand,…
Read MoreUPDATED & BREAKING: Numerous Power Outages Following Storms
We’re getting reports of numerous power outages across Kent County, following a line of storms that triggered a Severe Thunderstorm Warning on Wednesday evening. Since 7 p.m., we’ve received reports of wires down in Felton, at Kenton Road, Highland Road, Upper King Road and Lochmeath Way in Dover, as well as in Clayton, Camden-Wyoming and…
Read MoreDelmarva Power to Provide Electric Vehicles Services in Delaware
Delmarva Power has been given approval by Delaware state officials to begin offering electric vehicles services for residential customers and public spaces throughout the First State. The initiative is part of an effort to reduce the carbon footprint, provide cleaner transportation options and expand public charging infrastructure, including offering a new option for residential customers…
Read MoreUtility Lines Downed in DUI Crash near Lincoln
A crash near Lincoln closed part of Greentop Road for several hours. Delaware State Police tell WGMD that a Nissan Altima driven by 23 year old Rolondo Perez of Frankford went off the road and struck a utility pole around 4:30 this morning. Delmarva Power has been on the scene repairing the downed wires and…
Read MoreDelmarva Peak Energy Conservation from 1 to 2pm Wednesday
A conservation period will be called from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 19, for all Delmarva Power customers, and for Delmarva Power’s Maryland and Delaware customers participating in Energy Wise Rewards. Delmarva Power’s Delaware residential and small commercial customers and its Maryland residential customers can receive a bill credit of $1.25 for…
Read MoreDelmarva Power Peak Savings Day Tuesday (8/7) from 1 to 5pm
Delmarva Power customers will have an opportunity to save energy and money by reducing their electric use on August 7 between 1pm and 5pm.  An increased demand for electricity throughout the mid-Atlantic region is anticipated for Tuesday. While the region’s power supply is expected to be sufficient to meet high demand, Delmarva Power customers are encouraged to conserve energy…
Read MoreUPDATED: Possible Straight Line Winds Knock down Utility Poles, Wires, Tree Limbs near Dewey
UPDATED 3:30am – Storms rolled across Delmarva Friday afternoon around 2 – but in Dewey Beach there was quite a lot of damage when winds took out a utility pole, trees and left several streets covered in debris. The damage was in the area of Dodd Road from Salisbury Street to Dutch Road. Delmarva Power…
Read MoreDelmarva Power DE Customers to see Rate Reduction
Customers of Delmarva Power will see a reduction in their rates. This comes after a settlement Wednesday between the Delaware Public Service Commission and Division of the Public Advocate and Delmarva Power. The electric utility initially requested a rate increase that included $31-million in distribution costs that would be passed on to customers. A petition…
Read MoreTransformer Problem the Cause of Power Outage Saturday Morning
Nearly 6000 residents from West Ocean City to Newark to just west of Berlin lost power Saturday just after 11am. Over 5500 were customers of Delmarva Power – and about 470 members of Choptank Electric Cooperative. According to Choptank’s Facebook page, Delmarva Power was having problems with a transformer that feeds the Ironshire Substation. Delmarva…
Read MoreUPDATED: Power Outages Friday
Fortunately power outages have been few, but the wind has been an issue for residents along the coast. Delmarva Power – RESOLVED – Bishopville – About 5 residents without power on St Martins Neck Road south of Tingle Lane. The outage is under evaluation with estimated restoration around 10am. RESOLVED – Hebron – about 5…
Read MoreUPDATED: Scattered Power Outages on Delmarva
There are scattered power outages in Sussex and Worcester County – Delaware Electric Cooperative – RESOLVED – About 265 without power west of Bridgeville since just before 6am – crews are on the scene. Outages are the result of accident with pole and pole broken. Estimate restoration between 8 and 10am ALL RESOLVED –Â Scattered outages…
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