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Washington, DC: official power outage sources
Pepco (Potomac Electric Power Company) delivers electricity throughout the District. You can buy your power supply from a competitive supplier, but Pepco still delivers it and handles outages. The DC Public Service Commission oversees Pepco, and the Office of the People's Counsel helps consumers.
Outages in Washington, DC right now
Not shown on this site. Power Grid Watch does not have live outage information for Washington, DC. That does not mean there are no outages. Use the official links below to check and to report.
If your power is out
- Stay away from downed lines and anything touching them. Call 911.
- Report it to your own utility. The name and outage phone number are on your electric bill. Do not assume a neighbor has reported it.
- Check your utility's outage page for the area affected and any restoration estimate. Only your utility can give that estimate.
Utility outage pages
Each link covers only that utility's own customers. If your provider is not listed here, use the directories in the next section.
- Pepco Outage page Report an outage or downed wire online or at 877-737-2662. pepco.com
Official state sources
Use these to find out which utility serves an address, to reach the regulator, and to follow state emergency information.
- DC Public Service Commission: complaints and inquiries Regulator For service complaints or reliability concerns. Report outages to Pepco instead. dcpsc.org
- Office of the People's Counsel: electric help Consumer help opc-dc.gov
- DC HSEMA: recent alerts Emergency management hsema.dc.gov
- AlertDC emergency notifications Emergency management The District's official alert service, including severe weather and utility outages. hsema.dc.gov
- National Weather Service Weather alerts Enter your town or ZIP code for current watches and warnings. A weather warning is not an outage prediction. weather.gov
Good to know in Washington, DC
- Pepco also serves parts of Maryland, so Pepco-wide or Maryland outage numbers do not describe the District.
- Competitive electricity suppliers do not restore power; report outages to Pepco.
- AlertDC notices also cover water and other outages and do not list every power outage.
- Restoration times are Pepco's estimates and can change.
The wider grid
Regional grid organizations and balancing areas that cover all or part of Washington, DC: PJM. They balance supply and demand on the high-voltage system. Their alerts describe the regional system, not an outage on your street. How the pieces fit together
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