White House affected in DC power outage
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The PEPCO electric company has reported a massive power outage throughout much of downtown DC, including the White House today. In a press statement PEPCO explained: "Shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday we experienced a dip in voltage in the Washington D.C. area. This was caused by an issue with a transmission line. There was never a loss of permanent supply of electricity to customers. The dip in voltage caused equipment at some customer facilities to transfer to their backup systems. The momentary outage occurred because of customer equipment responding to a dip in voltage. Customers should be able to operate their own equipment at this time. There are no current supply problems. We have crews onsite investigating the cause."
The Department of Homeland Security is also investigating the cause.
Homeland security officials said an explosion at a southern Maryland electrical facility is believed to have caused the power surge that temporarily knocked out power in D.C.
Per MSNBC, the explosion was at a facility run by SMECO, a customer-owned electric that serves parts of the District’s Maryland suburbs, said Nicole Chapple, a spokeswoman for the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency.
While MEATRO trains continued to run, 13 METRO stations and various government building operated off back up generators.
At press time electricity in the affected are should be restored. To report outages by phone dial 1-877-PEPCO-62 (1-877-737-2662).
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The PEPCO electric company has reported a massive power outage throughout much of downtown DC, including the White House today. In a press statement PEPCO explained: "Shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday we experienced a dip in voltage in the Washington D.C. area. This was caused by an issue with a transmission line. There was never a loss of permanent supply of electricity to customers. The dip in voltage caused equipment at some customer facilities to transfer to their backup systems. The momentary outage occurred because of customer equipment responding to a dip in voltage. Customers should be able to operate their own equipment at this time. There are no current supply problems. We have crews onsite investigating the cause."
The Department of Homeland Security is also investigating the cause.
Homeland security officials said an explosion at a southern Maryland electrical facility is believed to have caused the power surge that temporarily knocked out power in D.C.
Per MSNBC, the explosion was at a facility run by SMECO, a customer-owned electric that serves parts of the District’s Maryland suburbs, said Nicole Chapple, a spokeswoman for the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency.
While MEATRO trains continued to run, 13 METRO stations and various government building operated off back up generators.
At press time electricity in the affected are should be restored. To report outages by phone dial 1-877-PEPCO-62 (1-877-737-2662).
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