Power Restored to QOP, Mayor Calls for Pepco Meeting
Photo | Clark Day Gaithersburg Mayor Sidney Katz talks with Pepco President Tom Graham before the July 27 press conference called by Pepco to discuss power restoration to an estimated 100,000 customers.
About an hour after additional crews hit the roads to assist in the power restoration efforts in the D.C. area, the lights came on in Quince Orchard Park. Power was also restored in Deer Park earlier this morning. Both Gaithersburg neighborhoods were without power since Sunday.
During a press conference at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds this morning, Pepco President Tom Graham said an estimate of when the remaining 100,000 plus customers will have power restored will be available after 3 p.m. Customers are urged to call 1.877.737.2662 for more information at that time.
Graham said while he can’t confirm when all power will be restored he expects most customers will be back in service by Thursday.
Gaithersburg Mayor Sidney Katz wants to know why some areas in his city are routinely affected longer during power outages and the mayor is pushing for a meeting with Pepco officials. “There seems to be a pattern and we need to sit down and figure this out,” he said.
Communication between Pepco and customers has been a problem during the days-long power outage and even Katz only learned of the press conference from Town Courier staff shortly before the event. He was not sent an advisory. Rockville Mayor Phyllis Marcuccio also asked The Town Courier to let her know if the paper learns of another press conference as much of her city remains without power.
Read more on the power outage in the August 3 issue of The Town Courier.
Sonya Burke contributed to this report.