Been getting tons of messages over the weekend and this one pretty much sums it up:
“Power went out in Capitol Hill for the fourth time in a week. What’s going on??”
Last message I saw from AlertDC said: “PEPCO crews continue to work on restoring power to the affected customers in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The estimated restoration time is 9AM.”
Photo by PoPville flickr user Clif Burns
“Dear PoPville,
The house my husband and I rent changed ownership, and property management, a couple months ago. We came home from work yesterday to find our water shut off. We’ve since learned from the new property manager that the prior owner/property manager hadn’t paid (or transitioned) the water bill for many, many months. They’ve now paid DC Water and we are told the water will either be turned back on today…or Monday. (more…)
Photo by PoPville flickr user Joseph Gruber
“Dear PoPville,
RCN internet and cable have been down across many parts of the District since at least midday yesterday. Per my last call with customer service, they don’t have an estimate on when service will be restored. I even asked, “are we talking hours, days, or weeks?”, and she refused to give an estimate. When I asked how many people were affected, she responded, “A LOT.”
The lack of communication from the company is really disheartening – no service is going to be perfect, but do whatever you can to keep customers informed.” (more…)
power outage at DCUSA by Rachael Senning
I’m getting messages from people who have lost power in Columbia Heights, LeDroit Park, Bloomingdale, Shaw, Woodley Park, Mount Pleasant, U Street, Cleveland Park and Dupont.
see outage map here
Early reports of restoration are for 7pm. Updates as more is known.
U Street metro dark by Rob Tricchinelli
Thank God for DCFD. Photo by Holly Gerrity
Update 3:15pm from Puck Buddys: “Power just restored at 13th & U.”
Getting reports 17th and U, Mount Pleasant and parts of Columbia Heights have also been restored.
From Alert DC:
“Pepco reports multiple power outages in the NW quadrant of the District due a possible failure at a substation located at 13th St NW at Florida Ave NW. Approximately, 31,000 customers are impacted. There is no restoration information to report at this time. Updates are to follow.”
“looks like Chik Fil A is lit up and nothing else for blocks and blocks” Photo by Justin C
Looks like most folks are back in action as of 9am. Last night we got tons of reports from Capitol Hill, Hill East, H Street, NE, Kingman Park and Trinidad. (more…)
Whoa, missed this on Friday. Thanks to Caitlin for sending: “the middle of New Jersey Ave NW & Pierce St”
Thanks to a reader for sending these brutal photos. DC Water reported around 9:30pm last night:
“Broken 16 inch water main at 3700 and 3800 blocks of South Dakota Ave NE between 20th St and Quincy St. ETA for repair and restoration is 10-12 hours.” (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Several neighbors (and possibly others) received certified letters this weekend saying that AT&T was planning on putting a 5G light pole on our block–I imagine people throughout the city are receiving letters like this, unless ours is the only pole (at 16th and T Streets NW). They included drawings and some information, (more…)
Thanks to Ken and Joan for sending around 7:30am. (more…)
Ed. Note: We briefly spoke about Clean Energy back in 2016. Has anyone else switched to them?