Thousands Across Delmarva Without Power After Blizzard

DELMARVA – Thousands across Delmarva are without power after a snowstorm pummeled the peninsula over the weekend.

Delaware Electric Cooperative (DEC) is reporting approximately 54,000 homes to be without power as of Monday morning. Employees have been working overnight in poor conditions to identify issues, downed trees and damaged equipment. The company says information gathered will be relayed to dispatchers so line workers can continue to identify areas in need of repairs.

Full restoration may take days. Ten additional crews from Virginia are reportedly on their way to assist DEC. If you or another DEC customer lose power, report your outtage here.

Choptank Electric Cooperative says they have been able to restore power to 7,000 homes, but 15,000 others remain without power as of 8:00 a.m.

“We expect to have extended outages and have brought in outside crews to help remove trees and repair broken poles and downed lines as quickly as possible,” the company said on social media. “We haven’t seen a storm like this in over a decade, and our team greatly appreciates your patience and support as the linemen continue to brave these harsh conditions.”

Outages for CEC customers can be reported here.

As of 9:50 a.m., Delmarva Power is still working to restore electricity to over one thousand homes across the peninsula. The company reports nearly 35,000 customers were impacted by the storm. Delmarva Power customers can report outages and view the outage map, here.

WMDT will continue to update this story as details are made available.