Hope they are ready for the next storm it's coming.

Kudos to all the BGE workers...a Herculean efffort ......Thank you Thank you Thank you

Sadly, too late for some.

Thank you and your families for the many sleepless days and nights you labored during the restoration process.
I will forever be grateful!!!!

We were on our way out this evening and saw at least 10-12 trucks.......all from Quebec!!! How much is this going to cost us?? I think it is approximately 691 miles from City to City.....in addition to travel, they also have to pay for food and lodging.........sounds pretty expensive........wonder who is going to foot the bill on this one?? We were one of the "lucky" ones....only lost power for 3 days........the biggest problem, IMHO.......was total lack of communication.......we didn't even have phone service.......no power, no lights, no email, no internet, no phones.......maybe we have become much too dependent on technology.........I saw several reports that told of cooling stations in Baltimore City........that were empty........mostly becase no one knew they were open.........I don't know what the solution is but there has to be a better way to keep people informed as to what is happening.....instead of saying we are doing the best we can..........and really power trucks for Quebec?? We couldn't get help from a Company in the U.S.????

Considering the extent of the storm, thank goodness workers from Quebec were available to help the millions without power. American companies have been downsizing employee bases for the past several years....

Dale: that is so true. Sad, but true. I stopped today to thank some workers from Quebec for their help.

Thank you BGE for getting this done in 100 degree heat and high humidity, during a holiday week no less. You guys are doers who know how to take care of business. Extremely well done!

If unionized government employees were faced with the same task, people would have been without power for a month.

the quebec power workers are union workers who work for a goverment sponsered utility there Hydro Quebec.

I had 5 nights and 6 days without power. I do have a radio that was a big help. July 4th 2012 was a holiday to remember. Just when I thought I would melt I heard a noise it was the ceiling fan and then the lamp came on. what a great day. Thanks to all the workers they deserve a great big thanks . .

Quebec, Saskatchewan, who cares.......they came. Should be a beakon to BG&E, start hireing. Plenty of folks out of work would jump at the chance to work for the utility, and maybe they'd be a little more prepared for the next one!

Thank you American and Canadian workers! We appreciate you!

On our way home from Havre de Grace yesterday, around 5:15 we saw fleets of various companies leaving town, headed North, via I-95, obviously Gas and Electric trucks. It was one convoy after another.

Thanks to all the workers from BGE, Canada, or wherever. I'm not concerned about footing a bill. It's funny how people can always find a way to b*tch about the bills even in an emergency situation. No appreciation at all. Let's see how much b*tching they do when their power goes off for five days.

NOT TRUE! My work place is still partially out, I can not operate AC or important test equipment. They came Friday to find 2 transformers blown when they reset the breakers but still haven't replaced them nor given a estimate when it will be done.

NOT TRUE! My work place in White Marsh is still partially out, I can not operate AC or important test equipment. They came Friday to find 2 transformers blown when they reset the breakers but still haven't replaced them nor given a estimate when it will be done.

Unfortunately last night's storm caused more outages....too bad BGE(Constellation Engery) doesn't control the weather :( Can anyone ay Global warming?

Thank you guys for all the support and thanks, my husband being one that was working the night shift portion of the restoration I know he and his crew appreciate the gratitude ! Wish their were thankful people out their, they worked without many breaks through the night tired, hot and hungry !! Leaving their families to work through the night is hard enough but people and their poor attitudes made some restoring more taxing! Thanks again for the kind thank yous I'll make sure he sees them!!

That's great the utility workers got the power back on but let's not pretend they've sacrificed and done something heroic - it's they're job and one they're paid pretty darn well to do by the way - seriously the wages utilities pay are far up the scale; I'm sure partially because they might be asked to work in tough conditions. Let's not forget either that weekend and holiday work get's double time - they fight each other to do that work when it's available. Nice job you got the power back on - you did exactly what we pay you to do. Wonder if we'll have a little population boom 9 months from now and concentrated among those that live in outage areas - heck when there's nothing else to do...

I think it is possible to appreciate the extraordinary efforts of the repair crews, the long hours put in under difficult conditions like the heat and still be unhappy with much that BGE the corporation is doing or not doing. I certainly appreciate the Herculean efforts put forth by crews from all over. I was extremely grateful to have our power back. However, I am not happy with the frequent outages and issues. So thank you to all the "men and women in the trenches" but I do believe BGE needs to get its act together.

Hit the nail on the head "El". It's fine to hate the corporation, but don't hate on the people that busted their asses for a week in what many are calling the worst storm this area has seen . It is sort of like hating on the firefighters in Baltimore City cuz they work for one of the worst run departments around. I don't buy the "it's part of their job" argument to try to downplay the hard work they did last week. The job they perform is extremely dangerous, regardless of if it is not so all the time. No different than a firefighter who sits around watching tv then five minutes later is running into a burning house to save a child. I guess that would just be "part of their job" as well. In this "me " society it seems like it is impossible for so many to sit back and say thank you or to appreciate what others do. People would rather worship professional athletes these days than appreciate to people who make their every day lives a lilttle easier.

I think this was a test,it will happen again,ask yourself will i be ready,know what to do.Where to go.What I saw was too many trees that should have been trimmed or removed for this storm. May have helped a bit. All so people should know when a street light is out it is a for way STOP!!! Was on Rt. 41 and its a wonder no one was killed. It should be a way to have the lights flash red for the SOB,s that do not know this. Should put this on the news be for the next time this happens!!!

PS Thanks to BGE and all the help from from the other people to get us up and running. GREAT JOB!!!

You all thank them til they increase your bill. They are the most expensive energy company on the east coast. But thank you BGE for ripping your customers off everyday. That was thier concern anyway. Don't make money when people's power is off.

Just looked at outages at 2PM today......13,492 restored, 2572 still out. Same stuff, different day. BGE's got to get things 'storm ready' & their 'lapdog' at the PSC (did you see the Atlantic's article informing readership what a mess we have in MD?) has to get tough with the power companies.

They just want to collect your money. One of the worst companies in America.

i have NEVER seen so many people gripe about the power being off. BGE doesn't have any control over the weather. They are doing the best that they can do. I"m not a fan of BGE - but I am thankful for the work they have done to help those people that didn't have any power during the last storm. When the next storm comes through and you lose power for a period of time, don't call BGE asking them to come and restore your services. Did anybody watch any of the coverage regarding the downed trees that were on the power lines? There were some pretty big trees down and some were in areas that were difficult to get to. I imagine that being a lineman and having to work with that high level of electricity - so I think people should show a little more gratitude and a LOT less belly-aching - for the men and women that leave their families, go out and risk their lives - and restore your power so you can cool off....while they continue to the next unappreciate neighborhood.

At this point, I think BG&E's reputation is so bad that even when things happen that are somewhat beyond their control, they still get slammed.

They can't control the weather. If people aren't receiving electricity, BG&E can't charge for it. So it's obviously to their advantage to have people connected. I think the backlash BG&E is receiving has more to do with their missteps since deregulation than anything else.

Politicians have absolutely nothing to do the weather.....This storm was an anomaly, and not a regularly recorded occurrence. If anything is to blame, look to the change in weather patterns worldwide since the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The amount of radiation from the reactors released into the atmosphere could be the cause of a lot of this.

Hey Ohai, @courtneywatson1 can't change weather. Got to look at hardening infrastructure. Can start with benchmarking with hurricane LANDFALL (MD is usually not landfall location) locations like FL and the Carolinas. Have heard from anecdotal stories, for example, granddaughter of a Font Hill/Ellicott City resident living in Myrtle Beach, SC that power is much more reliable than here. All utilities are nationally ranked; BGE is in bottom quartile. Look for those performing above the national median and learn from what they're doing right. Also, roll out all available technology to reduce/eliminate outages.....for instace, BGE never bothered to review why my neighborhood so hammered so we never got 10 year old, industry standard smart fuses which prevent power from going out when something briefly touches the line but doesn't remain on the line. We actually got through Hurricane Irene without an outage (not true with the recent storm) and we credit the smart fuses. What I'm suggesting appear to be things we could start with. I'm sure there are other good ideas out here. I won't just stand by and wring my hands.

Why can I pay half of what I pairs living there. They are a greedy company who rips off thier customers because the can. Check dominion powers rates. It will make you sick to your stomach.

I looked into moving to a state that doesn't allow the electric company to rip off thier tax payers.

God Bless the people that travelled so far and worked so hard to help us. BUT I am hopeful there will be a cost analysis to move lines underground in the next 5 years.

God Bless the people that travelled so far and worked so hard to help us. BUT I am hopeful there will be a cost analysis to move lines underground in the next 5 years. BTW.....Nick G is a great guy!

Yeah. I live in Hampton roads VA. I literally pay half of what I did with BGE. I also have a bigger house and a pool. It's ashame what BGE does to you up there. And the state government doesn't help at all.

Once again this was a terrible storm, and not politically driven...and thank goodness we got power back as quickly as we did.........

Dale the storm was not politically driven, or even politically blown but the impact of political actions and in some cases political corruption is an unfortunate byproduct of this storm and all the others before and after it so please try to understand the topic before attempting to apply your uninformed input to the conversation.

BGE and Pepco are both in the bottom quartile of US utility companies. I guess we could argue about which is worse -- Pepco activists insisted to me in the last week that BGE is really bad but Pepco is worse. I'm not sure it's relevant when you're bottom quartile -- isn't that a D or F anyway? BTW, last week Gov O'Malley was quoted as saying that would put his foot up Pepco's backside (or words to that effect)...the Sun subsequently picked that up and in the Sun the words came out as saying he would put his foot up Pepco and BGE's backside. The Sun reporter who produced the article in which 'BGE' appeared to have been added, has not responded to queries about how 'BGE' came to be included. I wish she would because it could clear the matter up. The exchange is on FB Reliability4HOCO as a copy/paste posting from a daily ezine 'Electricity Crisis' by Chris Bush, frequent BGE intervener (meaning he often questions BGE's actions at PSC proceedings). Another article which others might find interesting appeared in a recent Atlantic magazine edition in which the author termed the MD PSC the 'lapdog' of the utility companies. I'm not sure if it can be found; I have it in email but will try to get it posted to FB Reliability4HOCO too.

Thanks BGE people for getting the power back on! When that air conditioner started blowing again, I can't even tell you how good that felt! So thank you for working hot days, hot nights, and through the holiday week! And thank you to those of you who made the trip down here to help!

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