Almost 22,000 Pepco customers in Prince George’s County were without power as of 3 p.m. Wednesday, about 2,500 more than at 11 a.m., according to the electric company’s Web site.

An additional 16,833 Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. customers also were without power as of 5 p.m., according to that company’s Web site. The county said BGE expected to restore power by today. “We have told BGE we are dissatisfied with the lack of service the utility has provided,” County Executive Jack Johnson said in a statement Wednesday.