That Powerless Feeling Lingers Here and There FINAL Edition

Pepco, Baltimore Gas and Electric and other utilities said yesterday that service had been restored to most of the suburban Maryland customers who had lost power during the past five days: As of 10 p.m., about 91,000 Pepco and BGE customers were still without power in suburban Maryland. "I'...

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Published inThe Washington post
Main Author Paul Schwartzman and Phuong Ly
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, D.C WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post 24.09.2003
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Summary:Pepco, Baltimore Gas and Electric and other utilities said yesterday that service had been restored to most of the suburban Maryland customers who had lost power during the past five days: As of 10 p.m., about 91,000 Pepco and BGE customers were still without power in suburban Maryland. "I'm so appalled, I've never seen anything so abysmal," said Ann Liu, 55, an insurance agent who lives with her husband in Berwyn Heights. Her entire block of ramblers and Cape Cods has been without power since Isabel struck. "The worst part is the strain of not knowing when power will come back. You can't call Pepco and ask, 'What is your plan?' This business of 'we can't tell you anything' is inexcusable." Diane Svenonius, 62, a manager for the Labor Department, said dozens of people on Silver Spring and Thayer avenues in Silver Spring were without power. But an apartment building on nearby Sligo Avenue never went dark.
ISSN:0190-8286