Crews make strides against outages

Dec. 25—CUMBERLAND, Md. — Utility crews made significant progress over the weekend against a barrage of weather-related power outages that at one point left more than 5,000 area residents without electricity.

Potomac Edison announced Sunday that power would be restored to most customers by Monday evening, as scattered outages continued in the region. About 200 customers in Allegany County were without electricity Sunday afternoon. Around 180 people were without electricity in Garrett County, while 290 had it in Hampshire and 50 in Mineral.

Operator of mid-Atlantic’s electric grid, called for people to conserve electricity throughout Christmas morning due strain caused by cold temperatures.

PJM is responsible for the operation of the electricity grid serving approximately 65 million people across 13 states and District of Columbia.

The company stated that the system-wide cry for conservation was over by Sunday morning at 9:30 am on Christmas Day.