Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspectors are visiting the Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant to probe the unplanned shutdown of both reactors.
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Read More »April 14, 2015 Comments Off on NRC inspects Md. nuclear reactors after D.C. power outage
Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspectors are visiting the Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant to probe the unplanned shutdown of both reactors.
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Read More »April 8, 2015 Comments Off on Problem in Maryland caused power outages across DC
Problems at an electrical station in Maryland, 35 miles southeast of Washington, caused widespread power outages on Tuesday.
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Read More »April 7, 2015 Comments Off on Official: Blast at power plant responsible for D.C. outages
Widespread power outages affected the White House, the Capitol, museums, train stations and other sites across Washington and its suburbs Tuesday afternoon — all because of an explosion at a Maryland power plant, an official said.
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Read More »July 10, 2014 Comments Off on Courts close in Frederick after power outage
The District and Circuit courts in Frederick have been closed because of a power outage downtown.
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Read More »December 9, 2013 Comments Off on More than 15,000 without power in Maryland
More than 15,000 customers are without power in Maryland as winter weather moves through the region. But the number is down from earlier in the day. Baltimore Gas and Electric reports the majority of its outages are in Baltimore County, ...
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Read More »June 13, 2013 Comments Off on Storm downs trees, closes roads in central Md.
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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Read More »March 5, 2013 Comments Off on Storm preparations made across Mid-Atlantic
HAGERSTOWN — Road crews coated highways with brine and utility companies secured extra workers Tuesday as a double-barreled winter storm threatened to bring traffic snarls and power outages to Washington and the Middle Atlantic region. A flurry of cancellations and ...
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Read More »October 31, 2012 Comments Off on About 91,000 without power in mid-Atlantic
More than two-thirds of those who lost power in Maryland, Delaware, Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia during superstorm Sandy have had their power restored.
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Read More »July 9, 2012 Comments Off on Heat’s costs adding up
Weathering this month’s oppressive heat wave, with day after blistering day of near-record mercury readings, was enough to make one crack. Finally, U.S. Route 50 did. A 50-foot portion of the concrete east-west highway that connects the Washington, D.C., suburbs ...
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Read More »July 9, 2012 1 Comment
As hundreds of thousands cursed power companies while desperately searching for places to charge their iPhones last week, Pepco Holdings Inc. was trying to hire a new media relations manager in the Washington, D.C. area. Talk about bad timing. The ...
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