When will the power be back in Washington, DC?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · District of Columbia, District of Columbia

customers reported out in Washington · live from Pepco (DC/MD) · updated 8:58 PM EDT

Utility restoration time for Washington: ~7 hr from now

No clear recovery trend yet for Washington — outages aren't steadily declining, so we can't give a dependable time yet.

Across the whole district (District of Columbia, District of Columbia, all utilities): 10 reported out — a broader count from a different source; don't add it to the Washington figure above.

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Utility information	Our restoration forecast
Official ETA, when the utility posts one	Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first
Utility-reported status & customer counts	Confidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring

How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Sep 22, 15,200 completed outages have been graded this way — typical (median) error 1.7 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 2.7 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.

Track current power outages in Washington, District of Columbia — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Washington is a city in District of Columbia; when the serving utility's own outage map reports Washington directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the district-wide view as context.

What we track for Washington

Washington is a city of about 702,250 residents in District of Columbia.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Washington by name, so this page reports the District of Columbia district-wide view, which covers Washington. If a serving utility does name Washington during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

ZIP codes in Washington:

Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Washington: the closest other places we track are Hyattsville, MD, about 5 miles to the northeast; Takoma Park, MD, about 5 miles to the north; Alexandria, VA, about 7 miles to the southwest; College Park, MD, about 8 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: New Carrollton, MD (9 mi NE), Falls Church, VA (9 mi W), Greenbelt, MD (9 mi NE), Vienna, VA (13 mi W), Rockville, MD (14 mi NW), Bowie, MD (15 mi E), Laurel, MD (16 mi NE), Fairfax, VA (16 mi W).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Westminster, MD (47 mi); northeast toward Baltimore, MD (35 mi); east toward Annapolis, MD (28 mi); southeast toward Cambridge, MD (56 mi); south toward La Plata, MD (26 mi); southwest toward Manassas, VA (27 mi); west toward Herndon, VA (20 mi); northwest toward Gaithersburg, MD (19 mi).

Who serves Washington?

We track live outage data from Pepco in District of Columbia — but several utilities can serve one district, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.

Recent outages tracked in Washington

Washington's last tracked outage began Sep 22, peaked at 113 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.

Sep 22 — 113 customers out, restored in 2 hours
Sep 21 — 37 customers out, restored in 55 minutes

Tracked by this site from the serving utilities' own live outage maps (outages of 25+ customers; dates are local calendar days). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.

Longer-term outage history — District of Columbia, DC (covers Washington)

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.

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Washington, DC?

It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Washington area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from Washington's own record: across the 2 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.

How do I check the power outage status in Washington, DC?

This page is a live power outage status check for the Washington area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Washington ZIP code — 20001, 20002, 20003, 20004, 20005, 20006, or any of the other 265 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.

How do I report a power outage in Washington, DC?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in District of Columbia include Pepco; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Does this page show Washington specifically, or the whole county?

Right now, the District of Columbia district-wide view, which covers Washington. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Washington by name; utilities here have so far reported only district-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Washington. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Hyattsville (5 mi NE) is the closest place we track separately.

How accurate is the restoration estimate?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.

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