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The Pepco outage map currently lists Active Outages as 23 with Total Customers Affected 377.

Update: 5pm: “[AlertDC] PEPCO reports the utility repairs are complete and power has been restored to the affected customers in the northwest area of the District of Columbia.”

Update: “[AlertDC] PEPCO reports a power outage in the northwest area of the District of Columbia, near Dupont Circle, affecting approximately 1,729 customers. The cause of the outage is under evaluation with an undetermined time for restoration. Customers with questions may contact PEPCO on 1-877-737-2662.”

Thanks to a reader for passing on from the Commissioners of Dupont ANC2B:

“We’re sorry many of you have been by power outages on and off since Thursday morning. ANC 2B has been in constant contact with PEPCO, Mayor Bowser’s office, and Councilmember Pinto’s office. We’ve heard from many people that they are not receiving communications from PEPCO or DC government on this matter, leaving you literally and figuratively in the dark.

Here’s what’s going on: (more…)


Update to the Update: “all customers have been restored.”

From Pepco:

“Pepco crews are responding to an issue at our substation on 22nd Street NW in Washington, D.C. To prevent further equipment damage, about 1,800 customers in the Dupont Circle and West End areas were impacted. Pepco crews continue to make progress and have restored approximately 1,600 customers and working safely and as quickly as possible to restore the remaining impacted customers.

The Pepco underground system is a series of feeder cables that connect each substation to provide energy service to our customers. In this case, equipment issues are affecting the path between Takoma Substation and the 22nd Street Substation. (more…)


“Dear PoPville,

Yo, is Pepco okay? Seems like their system failed to process my and my neighbors autopay payments for December and the online system for paying manually isn’t working… hopefully no one shuts off our lights?! (more…)


From AlertDC:

“Pepco reports a power outage in the Eckington and NoMa areas near Florida and New York Avenues, and Q and R Streets, NE. DDOT reports multiple traffic light outages in the area. Please use caution when driving in the affected area. Affected customers can contact Pepco at 1-877-737-2662.”


“Dear PoPville,

I wanted to see if it’s me, or if there’s an issue when paying your Pepco bill. For years, I’ve had no problems paying via checking account; this is the cheapest way, as there are no service charges. I’ve been trying for two weeks to pay this way, and an error message keeps popping up. (more…)


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