Officials: Power outage planned for routine maintenance in Ocean Pines

On Monday, officials say a power outage set for later this week will impact certain areas in Ocean Pines.

The Ocean Pines Association says Choptank Electric Cooperative has planned a power outage for Tuesday, May 15 at 11:00 PM through Wednesday, May 16 at  5:30 AM. Officials say the scheduled outage will affect 312 members who are located along Paca Court, Mercers Way, Yacht Club Drive, Mumford's Landing Road, Baybreeze Lane, Stone's Run, Carrollton Lane, McHenry Court, North Chase Lane and South Chase Lane.

According to Officials with Choptank Electric Cooperative, This outage is planned so we can perform some routine maintenance and repairs. We have planned this outage at a time when temperatures & energy consumption are typically lower than usual for the season."