Power Outages
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Metro apologizes for last night's communications breakdown, delays
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Why didn't Metro let riders know what was happening last night until hours and afters after the system malfunctioned? WMATA doesn't have any one reasonable excuse. The transit agency apologizes, hopes you'll forgive, and promises to do better.
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Old Dominion Power outage continues
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Almost 48 hours after Sunday's impressive thunderstorms, some 1400 residents in Arlington and Alexandria are without power, forcing them to experience a life without Cheaters or videos of Russian men with enormous guns.
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Bethesda power outage blamed on squirrel
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About 1,200 homes and businesses lost power on Sunday.
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D.C. power outage heads into third day: School, federal closures
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Thursday sees a cooling from yesterday's record high temperatures, but power outages, school and federal closures remain.
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Power outage in Columbia Heights
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A large portion of Columbia Heights and Petworth lost power around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday.
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Power restored after snake causes large outage in Prince George's County
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A large snake got caught up in feeder lines near Upper Marlboro on Sunday morning, causing a power outage that affected almost 7,000 customers.
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No more power outages? Pepco says it's improved
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The company says it has taken steps to fight future outages. Maryland wants to make sure, and plans to directly hold utility companies accountable.
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Storms leave more than 23,000 without power in Va.
CommentSevere storms have left more than 23,000 customers without electricity in Virginia.
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Maryland Senate votes to crack down on utilities
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The state Senate will vote on a measure that would adopt electric reliability standards for utility companies statewide.
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Md. senator Barbara Mikulski wants stronger power reliability standards
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U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski is asking Maryland utility regulators for stronger state power reliability standards.
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Md. senator Barbara Mikulski seeks stronger power reliability regulations
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Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski is calling for stronger state power reliability standards.
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Power outages cause traffic lights to go dark in Arlington
Traffic lights are out at a number of busy Arlington intersections due to a widespread power outage. Dominion reports that more than 1,800 customers are without power this morning. Power is expected to be restored between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m.
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Pepco questioned again by Md. service commission
CommentPepco was dealt another blow Thursday as members of the Maryland Public Service Commission grilled the company on their public image and service record, WTOP reports.
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Thousands without power in region
CommentThousands are without power in the Washington region Friday morning.
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Storm blamed for D.C. area power outages
CommentThe storm is blamed for some power outages across the D.C. region Tuesday morning.
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Nearly 1,000 power outages around North Potomac and Darnestown
Nearly 1,000 people were out of power in the 20878 zip code early Feb. 19
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Power to the people
After a letter writing campaign directed at Pepco's president, the utility company came to West Riding earlier this year and made repairs to aging wires, the Gazette reports.
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Jones Lane residents question Pepco representatives on reliability plans, customer service
Residents were quick to remind them that power outage problems have persisted in the area for nearly thirty years.
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