PSNH Crews Help Restore Power to MidAtlantic

Linemen and support personnel from PSNH returned to the Granite State July 11 after working in brutally hot conditions for more than a week in Maryland and Pennsylvania. The 10 PSNH line workers, two mechanics and a supervisor helped restore power to customers of Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) who were impacted by a severe June 29 thunderstorm that knocked out power to more than 3 million homes and business in the Mid-Atlantic region. Before they returned home, the crews were redeployed to the area of Reading, Pennsylvania, to help customers of Med-Ed Co. who were impacted by a separate storm that had hit the weekend of July 7.

The work in Maryland could be termed ‘payback,’ in a way, as crews from BGE assisted New Hampshire several years ago when an ice storm here caused massive damage and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes.