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Failed lighting arrestor culprit in Choptank outages

(March 12, 2015) Choptank Electric Cooperative experienced widespread outages in Wicomico and Worcester counties last Saturday beginning approximately at 4:30 p.m.
During the height of the outages, Choptank Electric had approximately 11,500 members without power. During that time, Choptank Electric was able to restore approximately 10,000 members.  
The outage was caused by a failed lightning arrestor in the Walston-Switch substation that affected the transmission lines leading to New Hope and Ocean Pines Substation.   
Choptank Electric Cooperative, a Touchstone Energy Cooperative, is an electric distribution co-op located on Maryland’s Eastern Shore serving approximately 52,000 members.