Remember last week, when the Washington Post reported that Pepco had received several million dollars more in federal tax credits over the past few years than it had paid in taxes? more ›

Metrorail service was disrupted early this morning after electrical power to substations along the Orange and Blue lines was interrupted. more ›

At some point in 2012, 10 cultivation centers will start growing marijuana as part of the District's long-awaited medical marijuana program. As we've written before, what with application fees and security plans, it won't be a particularly cheap undertaking. Now would-be cultivators may have one more thing to worry about -- their electric bills. more ›

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If you're reading this from your office, a library or a coffee shop because you don't have any power, do note that Pepco is currently estimating that you might have to wait a few more days until it comes back on. more ›

If you're a Pepco customer, you've probably gotten an automated phone call from the company at some point over the last 24 hours, letting you know that it'd probably be a wise idea to invest in a good flashlight and non-perishable food. more ›

In order to comply with proposed regulations requiring it to reduce the frequency and length of outages, Pepco wants to raise rates inside the District. But the much-maligned utility is experiencing some pushback from the city's Office of the People's Counsel, which has filed a motion with the District's Public Service Commission to dismiss the utility's request to raise rates. more ›

The District might be getting a brief break from the insanely oppressive heat today -- but Pepco is warning customers that they're not out of the woods yet when it comes to those pesky rolling power outages. more ›

Pepco -- the company so bad that it even baffles WMATA -- was recently named the most hated company in America. (Yes, even worse than Comcast!) The electric company's president, Tom Graham, doesn't completely agree, of course. more ›

It might not be quite as dramatic, image-wise, as the last time the lights went out on along the National Mall, but a power disruption near the Lincoln Memorial is causing some real headaches for commuters this morning. more ›

Could it be that Virginian squirrels are even more daring than the notoriously fearless ones found around the District? more ›

Pepco reports this afternoon that most D.C. customers who lost power during yesterday's storm should have their power back on by tomorrow, January 28, at 11 p.m. -- the utility is asking those who still aren't back online after that point to contact them at 1-877-737-2662. And while another day and a half without power sounds bad enough, it's nothing compared to what those without electricity in Montgomery County might be going through this weekend -- the Examiner cites county officials who state that the 130,000 people without power in MoCo might have to deal until Sunday. Ouch. more ›

It might be little solace to those without power this morning, but the electricity is apparently out at Vince Gray's Hillcrest home, too. The Mayor's is but one of the hundreds of thousands of people around the region who can't turn on the lights this morning, reports the Post's Nikita Stewart. Through his spokeswoman Linda Wharton-Boyd, Gray reportedly said "it's my turn. I have to share the burden, too." Can you feel the shared suffering, D.C.? more ›

Perhaps Washington D.C. should have had a place on that shame map, after all -- considering how much money the federal government wastes on electricity inside the city's borders. more ›

The winds are starting to take their toll around the metro area. TBD is reporting that around 1,300 are without electricity in South Arlington near Crystal City due to downed trees on power lines. Dominion is promising to have power restored by 1 p.m. Update: Keep an eye on D.C. Fire & EMS's Twitter feed for more severe wind damage, including a roof collapse near 1200 H Street NE, where traffic is being restricted, a fire from downed wires at 42nd and Warren streets in Northwest, and a tree down at R and 21st streets NW. Be careful out there! more ›

Pepco is currently reporting nearly 4,000 power outages in the Deanwood section of Northeast D.C. Customers located near the 4000 block of Lee Street NE and the 3700 block of Roosevelt Place NE are currently being affected by two broken feeders, according to the Washington Post. The outage is expected to be temporary. more ›

UPDATE: D.C. Water spokesperson Alan Heymann tells DCist that there was no water main break in the area, nor did the D.C. Water crew which was performing the scheduled maintenance hit a power line, as the Post originally reported. The cause of the outage is still unknown. We've updated this post to reflect this information. Heads up to those who live on the hill separating Columbia Heights from Shaw: about 600 people are without power in the area. The Post reports that about the area has been without power since early this afternoon. Pepco hopes to be able to restore the electricity by 6 p.m. this evening. more ›

Do you have questions about Pepco? We bet you do -- after all, its been a tumultuous year for the electric utility around the region. more ›

After the release of a damning survey that revealed it is one of the least reliable utility companies out there, Pepco has announced a six-point plan to address its biggest problems -- a plan which will cost customers a little bit extra every month. more ›

According to a Washington Post special report they are. For those who live in the Maryland suburbs this doesn't quite come as a surprise, after sustained outages following the snowstorms in February and thunderstorms in July. more ›

So, yeah, about that rain. The most recent estimates for rainfall in the D.C.metro area tonight are anywhere between one and four inches, thanks to Tropical Storm Nicole, which has created a sheath of green radar that's currently draped over the eastern seaboard like a silky negligee. The good news is that inland folks like us aren't supposed to get the same kind of high winds which caused so much damage when storms bullied their way through the region in August. It won't be pleasant, though, if you're planning on flying or driving anywhere during the storm, which is scheduled to get started around now, hit peak power overnight and continue well into tomorrow. more ›

Pepco officials expect to reestablish full service to most of the utility's coverage area by Thursday morning. If you still do not have power by 3 p.m. today, call 1-877-PEPCO-62 for a better indication of when electricity in their area will be restored. (But hey, at least their outage map, in all its technicolor majesty, is back up and running!) Approximately 24,000 people are still without power in the District. more ›

Mayor Adrian Fenty and friends held a press conference this afternoon to update us on the work that's being done to restore power and clean up from yesterday's massive rain storm. Fenty said that, despite significant damage, there had been no fatalities in the city as a result of the storm. DDOT Director Gabe Klein noted that there had been a total of 303 reports of tree damage, and that 65 intersections in the District were still without functioning traffic signals. City clean up units are waiting on Pepco to deal with downed power lines at as many as 100 sites so that they can proceed with tree removal. more ›

It appears that Pepco's outage map, having been constantly accessed by people wondering exactly how many people in their neighborhoods are without power, has crashed. The utility has reverted back to the previous (read: less snazzy) version of its outage map, but loading is very slow at the moment, barely getting past Germantown in my most recent go. I suppose it's strange that the fact that a map which depicts the number of people who don't have electricity has been crashed by those who do have it, but maybe that's just the caffeine talking. more ›

Some 2,400 5,400 customers in Northwest D.C. are experiencing power outages, according to Pepco's service alert map. That may have something to do with the cable problems that people are reporting on Twitter. U Street Girl says that the electricity is out south of U Street NW but not north of U Street, which fits my experience and some other reports, and that soccer hooligans are streaming out of U Street bars in search of a working World Cup broadcast. more ›

It's 8:30 this evening. Lights suddenly dim all around you, in some cases going out all together. more ›

More than a few of us at DCist have been chatting over the past week about how this month's double-whammy snow storms provided at least one hidden benefit: to our wallets. Not being able to really go out and spend money for almost a full week has left us with slightly heftier bank balances than normal. Great for us, not so great for local businesses, but hopefully that'll all balance out soon enough. more ›

Pepco reports that nearly 500 customers in their service area -- a large concentration of which are in Northeast D.C. -- are still without power this morning after last night's lengthy storm. In their usual "weather was bad, eh!" report this morning, the Post notes that at a minimum, 28,000 homes and businesses lost power overnight. To think: without electricity, you wouldn't have been able to watch ESPNNEWS on repeat for three hours waiting for the Nationals game to resume play on MASN! (Wait, just me? Never mind, then.) Considering this upcoming forecast, this probably won't be the last time Pepco technicians will be out and about fixing large power outages due to thunderstorms this week. more ›

Nothing screams "relaxing summer holiday weekend" like news about increases in electricity rates for the winter of 2010, right? The AP is reporting that Pepco requested an increase in delivery rates from the D.C. Public Service Commission on Friday. The increase would likely mean a six percent increase in monthly electric bills for every electricity user living inside the District. Enjoy! Hey, at least if your electric bill suddenly shoots up by a few bucks every month come January, you'll know why -- unlike this past winter. more ›