Delmarva Power is restoring service after storms with high winds hit its service area.
On Tuesday night storms, with high wind gusts up to 87 mph, caused extensive damage that included downed trees hitting equipment, broken poles, downed wires and damaged electric equipment. The Harford and Cecil counties in Maryland and New Castle County in Delaware saw the most damage with several thousand customers losing power.
More than 600 people including company crews, local contractors, and resources from several other companies, made progress overnight, restoring service to 25,000 of the more than 32,000 customers who lost power, the utility reported.
Crews will continue to work 12-to 16-hour shifts as part of the around-the-clock effort to restore the remaining 7,000 customers without power. The bulk of those customers were in Cecil County, MD. as of Wednesday afternoon.
Customers can visit delmarva.com, use the company’s mobile app, or contact the company at 800-898-8042 for the latest estimate of when service will be restored to their home or business.
