See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · District of Columbia
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Who serves District of Columbia?
District-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Pepco, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. This is the utility we track here, not necessarily the only one serving it — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — District of Columbia, DC
⚡ Power here was restored about 27 hours ago — the outage peaked at 985 customers.
Last significant outage: Oct 2, 2026 — peaked at 985 customers, restored in ~9 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 39 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 8.2 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 23, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — District of Columbia, DC
Federal outage records (
EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
2,177 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including
12 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~
4.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~76,819 customers out in March 2018, restored after about 45 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2016.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), district-level
records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
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Common questions
How do I report a power outage in District of Columbia, DC?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of District of Columbia include Pepco — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
