DC Power Outage Map: Pepco Outage Hits Foggy Bottom; World Bank, State Dept., and George Washington University Affected
\n\nA major power outage struck Washington, DC's Foggy Bottom neighborhood on Monday, leaving more than 1,100 customers without electricity and disrupting services near key government and international institutions, including the US State Department, World Bank, and International Monetary Fund (IMF).
\n\nThe outage occurred near George Washington University after a failure at a Pepco substation. According to the utility's outage map, approximately 1,176 customers near 23rd Street NW and I Street NW were affected as of 10:15 AM.
\n\nPepco confirmed that a substation failure caused the disruption. The utility initially estimated that electricity would be restored by 11 am, while repair crews were deployed to investigate the problem and work towards restoring power.
\n\nDC Fire and EMS personnel also responded to the area following reports of smoke emerging from multiple manholes near H Street NW and the World Bank.
\n\nEmergency crews assessed the situation and investigated the source of the smoke as the outage affected the surrounding neighborhood. Traffic signals were also reportedly disrupted.
\n\nThe incident affected facilities in the diplomatic district, with State Department buildings reportedly among those impacted.
\n\nPepco said its…
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