Power restored after outage darkens Wilmington traffic lights

Delmarva Power outage area in Wilmington

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (5/27/2017) Power has been restored after an outage that darkened traffic lights in parts of Wilmington for more than an hour this morning, city police report.

The outage began about 8:15 a.m. according to the Delmarva Power website.

Police said traffic lights in Center City and Southbridge went dark.

Delmarva said about 1,500 customers were without service.

Police announced about 9:30 a.m. that service had been restored.