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BGE Warns Additional Outages Expected

As of 2 p.m., officials from the utilities company report that power has been restored to more than 133,000 customers.

Although the brunt of superstorm Sandy has passed, Baltimore Gas & Electric officials caution that additional outages are expected.

New outages may occur over the next few days as tree and tree limbs weakened by the storm continue falling, according to a news release. As of 2:36 p.m., electric service was restored to more than 166,274 customers. 

The BGE current outages map shows that 150,705 customers are still without. 

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More than are assisting in ongoing restoration efforts, the release states.

Customers are asked to report power outages and downed wires by calling 1-877-778-2222.

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