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Some folks in Columbia Heights are reporting that their power has been out since last night. DCist first got word of the outage at around 10 p.m. Monday night, which occurred thanks to a smoking manhole at 1328 Park Rd NW. The affected areas are along parts of Park Road between 11th and 13th Streets NW, 13th Street between Kenyon and Park, and Monroe between 13th and 11th. Others in the same area, however, have reported no problems. Pepco's outage map shows that over 400 customers continue to be without power this morning, with an estimated repair time currently listed at 3 p.m.

A power outage affecting between 200-400 customers in the vicinity of 14th and Belmont Streets NW is expected to be repaired in the next couple of hours, but may affect rush hour traffic heading up 14th Street or 15th Streets this evening. Pepco is working to restore a blown feeder in the area, but we've got conflicting reports as to whether any traffic signals are currently down. Proceed with caution in that direction this evening.

If your route home takes you through Thomas Circle, you're being advised to find an alternate route this evening thanks to some downed electrical wires. The wires are blocking eastbound traffic on Massachusetts Avenue NW at the entrance to the tunnel under Thomas Circle, according to DDOT. All eastbound traffic must detour around the circle in order to continue on Massachusetts. Emergency crews are already on scene and PEPCO is on its way.

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.

Via the Post's Get There blog, Pepco is reporting a major power outage affecting the H Street NE corridor, along with other spots in Northeast D.C. Roughly 1,400 customers are currently affected by the outage, according to Pepco's outage map, with an estimated restoration time currently slated for 5 p.m.

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.

We received several reports of a booming, explosion-like noise coming from a parking garage near 16th and L Streets NW just before 11:30 a.m. D.C. Fire/EMS spokesperson Alan Etter tells us that the fire department responded to what turned out to be an electrical failure with some Pepco equipment, possibly a transformer, at that location. No visible fire resulted from the short circuit, but we did hear some smoke was visible in the area immediately after the booming noise. Etter described the incident as "not a big deal."

DDOT is reporting a power outage that is affecting traffic signal operations in Northeast D.C. The following traffic signals are not working as of 10:35 a.m.:

Some small solace for those of you who experienced skyrocketing Pepco bills earlier this year. WTOP reports that thanks to a tarriff change approved by D.C.'s Public Service Commission, Pepco customers who live in the District can expect a credit on their April bill. It's nothing major: homes that are individually metered will get $16.84, and there will be some sort of similar credit given to apartment dwellers and non-residential customers as well. Certainly not anything life changing, but in this economy, who couldn't use an extra $16?

AlertDC lets us know that Pepco is on site at 18th Street and Columbia Rd. NW in response to a smoking manhole cover. DDOT spokesperson John Lisle follows up that Columbia Rd. NW has been closed between 18th Street and Kalorama Road as a result of the manhole emergency and smoke, and traffic is being diverted. Pepco, FEMS and the MPD are all on the scene. DDOT says it has also deployed Road Operations Patrol units and Traffic Control Officers to assist with traffic in the area.

We're hearing that power is out across several neighborhoods in the center of the city. One tipster working from home in the U Street area reports power out there, and another says that her offices near Metro Center have also lost power. Pepco's outage map is currently showing that overs 4600 customer are being affected by an outage in the city's center. We'll update when we've got more. UPDATE 2:45 p.m.: Pepco's Twitter feed says it has a "problem" at one of its substations, and that it's affecting about 1800 customers. "Crews have been dispatched." Since we published this post, Pepco's outage map has indeed changed to show that 1801 customers are now being affected, as opposed to the earlier 4600. Right now the estimated time for power restoration is 4 p.m. UPDATE 3:04 p.m. Yikes. The estimate for power restoration has been pushed back to Feb. 20, at 3 p.m. Meaning tomorrow afternoon. It's going to drop down to 24 degrees overnight tonight. UPDATE 5:03 p.m. Pepco's Twitter feed addresses us directly! Social Media ZOMG! "@DCist_Updates:Just an update. We have restored power to 1400 customers and plan to have the remaining 400 back this evening. Thanks!" Got that? Pepco's outage map has also been updated.

DCist's lively comment thread about the news of a sudden rise in D.C. electricity bills combined with second-day stories about how many more D.C. residents are being threatened with their power getting shut off have us on high alert for all things Pepco. Well earlier today the utility posted a web video (and written transcript) titled "Pepco Cares About Your Energy Usage", and introduced a Twitter feed where you can contact Pepco's "social media lead" directly.

No one likes to pay the bills. Personally, I've always had a sore spot in said monthly chore for the electric bill. It's just not a tangible thing. Sure, I understand the mechanism: the more power I use in my home, the more it will cost me at the end of the month. But what is often perplexing to my poor brain is the quantity of the usage. Will falling asleep with the lights for one night cost me an extra dollar -- or ten? Every month I have the same inner monologue, lasting for a solid three or four minutes -- but inevitably, there's just the electronic transfer of funds from my checking account into Pepco's coffers.

Can Moby play an acoustic set? His fans can tell the rest of us this morning. At roughly 1:30 a.m., a power outage shut down the 9:30 Club — along with other homes and establishments near 9th and U Streets NW and along Florida Avenue. As of this late hour, the Pepco outage map shows that several hundred customers were affected and that workers are on the case. The outage led one associate on the floor of the 9:30 Club to twitter, "Crowd calling for Obama to fix this energy crisis power outage." You have to feel bad for all those disappointed New York Times readers who only wanted to dance.

AlertDC sent out word that neighborhoods in Northeast D.C. that are served by Pepco’s Benning Road substation are without power due to tripped feeders at the substation. This is the the same outage that's affecting RFK, along with Langston Terrace Public Housing at 21st and Benning Road, Charles Young Elementary School, and WASA facilities at 2600 Independence Avenue SE. Pepco's outage map doesn't show anything too dramatic, however. HSEMA and the health department are on scene at Langston Terrace to ensure that medical needs are being addressed. There was no estimated time for power restoration as of 5 p.m.

If you're reading this right now, you're one of the lucky people in D.C. with electricity right now. A power outage at a Pepco substation on 10th Street NW has cut electricity to about 10,000 customers in the middle of the city, and at several Metro stations near downtown. Power is currently out at the Duport Circle, Shaw, Farragut North, Farragut West and McPherson Square stations. Trains are still moving at those stations, but the lack of electricity means that only emergency lights are on there, plus fare card machines, elevators and escalators are not working.