Power Outages on the Broadneck Peninsula

In a constantly updated map posted by Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE), the Broadneck peninsula is still experiencing significant power outages.

Around 11:30 a.m. on Monday, 90,698 BGE customers were without electricity in Anne Arundel County. The greatest concentrations of residents without power existed in Annapolis, Odenton, Laurel, and other parts of Anne Arundel County that touch the Chesapeake Bay. 

Many homes in Broadneck reportedly lost power between 9 and 11 p.m. Saturday night. Reports from the and on the Broadneck Patch Facebook page indicate that BGE hopes to have the Cape area restored by 11 p.m. and that power has been restored to the following areas: Poplar Hill, Seabright, Green Holly, Ramblewood and Chesnut Tree. In addition, BGE crews were spotted working around .

BGE announced Monday in a release that it expects to "restore electric service to the vast majority of customers currently without service by late Friday with some isolated outages that may extend into Saturday."

With more than 5,000 reports of downed wires, BGE urges customers to report downed wires that have not already been reported by calling 877-778-2222.

“Hurricane Irene’s high wind and heavy rain caused widespread, horrific damage throughout our central Maryland service area, including many individual cases of trouble caused by whole trees and large tree branches,” said A. Christopher Burton, senior vice president of gas and electric operations and planning, in a release. “More than a thousand out-of-state linemen and support staff began arriving in Maryland last Wednesday. These external resources, along with BGE employees and contractors, have been working around-the-clock to restore service to customers as safely and as quickly as possible. They will continue to work tirelessly until service to each and every one of our customers is restored.”

According to BGE, the total number of customers who lost service during the storm and afterward is estimated around 680,000 with more than 100,000 in Anne Arundel County alone. The peak of the outages occurred between 9 and 10 a.m. Sunday morning when there were  around 466,000 customers without service.

BGE has restored service to more than 327,000 customers in less than 48 hours, according to a release.