About 4,400 Marylanders remain without power after snow
BY: Associated Press HAGERSTOWN — Electric utilities are reporting about 4,400 Maryland customers still without power after a rare October snowstorm. About 4,000 of them are customers of Potomac Edison, the Maryland division of Allegheny Power. The company said Monday that the outages are mainly in Washington, Frederick and Allegany counties. Sabillasville Elementary School in northern Frederick County [...] |
Maryland farm turns to solar power to cut costs
BY: Associated Press Running a farm with 400,000 chickens that produce 25,000 to 30,000 eggs a day requires a lot of electricity. Don Lippy, owner of Sunnyside Farms Inc. in Westminster, said the farm’s total electrical bill for 2010 was about $150,000. Now, he’s not only cutting his electric bill by more than a quarter, he’s hoping the [...] |



