Potomac Edison crews have replaced or repaired about 1,000 wooden utility poles so far this year, and the energy company expects to spend about $2.1 million this year inspecting more than 23,000 wood poles. The company has about 400,000 throughout ...

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Energy consumers may be concerned by a rate increase requested last week by Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. But based on recent history, it’s unlikely that request will be granted in full.

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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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FREDERICK — Union utility workers are picketing in Frederick to draw attention to their contract dispute with FirstEnergy Corp. The Frederick News-Post reports that Local 102 members of the Utility Workers Union of America have been picketing outside the Frederick ...

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WASHINGTON — Officials are reporting trees down, roads closed and tens of thousands of power outages in Maryland and Delaware after a line of heavy thunderstorms moved through. Carroll County Emergency Management Director James Weed says large hail fell near ...

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WILLIAMSPORT — Potomac Edison says it’s spending $55 million this year to upgrade its electrical system in western Maryland and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The company said Tuesday that the projects include new distribution circuits and replacement of ...

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HAGERSTOWN — Potomac Edison say Monday that about 3,900 homes and businesses in Garrett County are still without power, a week after superstorm Sandy dumped up to 2½ feet of snow in the far western Maryland mountains. That’s about 17 ...

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HAGERSTOWN — Maryland utility companies and emergency management officials say they’re preparing for large-scale power outages, flooding and other damage from a storm that could arrive as early as Sunday. Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. said Thursday it’s planning for ...

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FREDERICK — The Maryland Public Service Commission says it will hear a complaint that Potomac Edison is overbilling some western Maryland electricity customers by failing to read their meters as often as required. The Frederick News-Post reported Thursday that the ...

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FREDERICK — A Frederick County judge is affirming a decision blocking a key component of a proposed multistate power line. Circuit Judge Edward Dwyer issued his opinion Wednesday in a case involving the Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline. He affirmed a local ...

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