STEVENSVILLE — The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado touched down in Maryland’s Eastern Shore. The weather service says the tornado touched down around 1:30 a.m. Monday near Stevensville in Queen Anne’s County. Meteorologists say the tornado’s wind ...

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Officials are trying to determine what could have been done to prevent the deaths of a man and his seven children who died of carbon monoxide poisoning.

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PRINCESS ANNE — Delmarva Power says it did not cut off power to a family of eight who died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning because they were behind on their utility bills. Spokesman Matt Likovich says the utility discovered a ...

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Delmarva Power is asking customers in Delaware and Maryland to conserve energy as high temperatures are expected to push into the upper 90s in some areas.

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Power companies say it may take days to fully restore electricity for some of the 155,000 customers in the dark after an ice storm in Maryland and Delaware.

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OCEAN CITY — Delmarva Power will replace 90 wooden utility poles that hold a high-voltage transmission line along Coastal Highway in Ocean City. The utility says the work began Monday and will affect service in Ocean City and parts of ...

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SALISBURY — Delmarva Power is asking Maryland regulators to approve a $22.7 million rate increase on its customers. The utility said Friday that the proposed base rate adjustment is needed to help pay for costs incurred in providing electrical service. ...

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Unless utilities fundamentally change how they distribute energy, they won’t be able to restore power to all customers within 24 hours after a hurricane-like storm, officials told Maryland regulators on Thursday. Douglas R.M. Nazarian, chairman of Maryland’s Public Service Commission, ...

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CRISFIELD — The construction of a wind energy system to power Crisfield’s sewage treatment plant will likely be delayed after city officials learned this week they must first pay for a study on how it will affect the power grid. ...

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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is heading to Baltimore to announce what department officials say is a major step toward developing wind energy off the coasts of Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and New Jersey. Details of Thursday’s announcement were not released, but ...

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