Del. Electric Co-op Sets New Record For Reliability In 2021

Co-op Crews at Work in Sussex County (photo courtesy of Delaware Electric Cooperative)
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Delaware Electric Cooperative had its most reliable year ever in 2021. The member-owned utility said Wednesday that through the year there were fewer outages, and those that occurred were restored efficiently. The average outage in 2021 lasted 53 minutes, down from the previous best of 69 minutes in 2019. According to the Co-op, careful planning…

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Delaware electric crews head to Florida to assist ahead of Hurricane Dorian

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Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation (DEMEC) is sending crews and equipment to Florida to repair damage and help restore energy to those who could be impacted by Hurricane Dorian. Nine lineworkers and six bucket trucks from the DEMEC member communities of the City of Milford, City of Newark, and Municipal Services Commission of the City of…

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Planned Choptank Outage for Part of Ocean Pines Tuesday Night

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Choptank Electric Cooperative has a planned power outage this week for certain areas of Ocean Pines. The outage聽is scheduled to begin聽on聽Tuesday, May 15 at 11 p.m.聽and end聽on Wednesday, May, 16 at聽5:30 a.m. According to Choptank Electric Cooperative, the outage will affect 312 members who are located along Paca Court,聽Mercers Way,聽Yacht Club Drive,聽Mumford鈥檚 Landing Road,聽 Baybreeze…

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