The daily watch on Washington's power center
Back issue · Monday, November 2, 2026 · as it ran
Washington
By Thomas Okafor · 5d
Power outage hits Foggy Bottom, affects areas near State Department and White House
The November 2 outage impacted more than 1100 utility customers in central Washington DC.
By Thomas Okafor · 5dA power outage struck Washington DC's Foggy Bottom and downtown districts on November 2.
Utility provider Pepco reported the event originated at its I Street Substation. Reported customer counts affected by the outage range from approximately 1100 to 1176 accounts.
Affected locations include sites near the White House, United States State Department, World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
Pepco has stated the outage was caused by a substation failure near 23rd and I streets NW.
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