PRESS RELEASE
Outage Update - Tropical Depression Ernesto
(Updated outage figures are available at outage.smeco.coop.)
Restoration Efforts
September 2, 2006, 10 a.m.
Tropical Depression Ernesto has moved north from the southern Maryland peninsula, and as of 10 a.m. Saturday, September 2, Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) has more than 22,600 customer-members without power.
Calvert Region
- Number of customers affected : approximately 9,000 concentrated in the southern portion of the county.
Charles-Prince George’s Region
- Number of customers affected: approximately 1,865 in 270 locations in Charles and Prince George’s counties.
St. Mary’s Region
- Number of customers affected: approximately 11,750.
Areas along the Potomac and Patuxent rivers and the Chesapeake Bay have been most dramatically affected. Damage to SMECO’s electric system includes broken poles, trees and limbs on power lines, and some underground cable failures.
In addition, two transmission circuits are out of service, but at this time transmission service to all substations has been restored by rerouting power via alternate lines.
SMECO crews are working in every region of the service area, along with contractor crews and office personnel.
