Update 6pm - Monday, Aug. 5———————————————————————————-
3,200 customers remain without electricity. BGE says it has restored service to 96% of customers who were out of service due to the storm on Saturday. There are some outages which will extend until tomorrow due to the severity of the damage.
Update 8am - Monday, Aug. 5 ———————————————————————————
7,418 customers are without electricity, representing 592 restoration jobs. BGE says the vast majority of customers will be restored by 11 p.m. tonight.
Power to more than 72,000 customers was restored last night.
Update 9:43pm——————————————————————————————————
Statement from Mayor Scott:
"As of 9:43 p.m. on August 4, 2024, BGE reported 391 outages remaining, impacting 11,216 customers in Baltimore City. BGE crews are actively responding to weather-related power outages. This is down from roughly 30,000 impacted customers originally impacted."
Update 8pm————————————————————————————————————
BGE is hard at work. It says as of 8:00 p.m., 17,798 customers are out of service leaving 793 restoration jobs on the dashboard.
Original Article——————————————————————————————————-
A big storm rained on Baltimore’s parade over the weekend, as many people in Baltimore City and County lost power.
BGE stated as of 9 a.m. Sunday, 33,522 customers were without service, which means 1060 restoration jobs in locations across central Maryland.
According to a statement made Sunday morning, the gas and electric company expects "to restore service to 80% of customers by 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 4 and the vast majority of customers will be restored by 11:00 p.m. on Monday, August 5."
Mayor Scott held a press conference on Sunday to address the paramount issues left in the wake of the inclement weather.
As a result of the storm, Artscape performancesfor Friday and Saturday were canceled, which included the legendary Chaka Khan.
“Our emergency operations center was already activated for Artscape, and they quickly pivoted to storm response,” said Mayor Brandon Scott.
“Once it was safe to do so, city crews from multiple agencies immediately started working to clear roads. That work continued through the night and is ongoing through today.”
The mayor went on to say Baltimoreans without power need to exercise patience as over 200 trees need to be cleared from the roads and around 82 traffic signals are out. Scott urges all drivers to treat these signals and intersections like stop signs.
In addition, he says people should continue to report down trees, traffic disruptions, and other storm-related issues to 311. If using the 311 app, be sure to include a picture of the damage.
