GQ's annual list of the "50 Most Powerful People in Washington" is, not surprisingly, made up of a bunch of federal types. And a couple of party planners. more ›

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

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 ›

The city's local political Twitterati are all aflutter this morning about this column by Harry Jaffe in the Examiner, which proclaims Kwame Brown, but six-plus months into his tenure as Chair, as the "most powerful" leader in the Council's history. 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 ›

An electric cable serving the western end of the National Mall was damaged last night, causing a blackout at the Lincoln Memorial, the Korean War Memorial and other areas around the Reflecting Pool. 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 ›

Congratulations, portions of southern Prince George's County -- you may not have any power right now, but at least you should be able to drink water from the tap again! The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission has lifted the boil-water advisory which had been in effect for a large majority of the County since Monday, when a massive water main broke near Capitol Heights. Recent tests conducted on the County's water supply showed no contamination. WSSC is informing customers that though they don't need to boil their water, it's a good idea to run all taps on cold for five minutes before you drink, throw away any ice made in the last few days, disinfect icemakers with a diluted bleach solution and flush refrigerator lines. 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 ›

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 ›

A large electrical outage at Reagan National Airport -- the second such outage in the last nine days --- is causing some problems with air traffic this afternoon. The Associated Press reports that power was lost in Terminals A and C, as well as the airports authority headquarters building, around 11:45 this morning. (We have heard that Terminal B was also without power; a call placed to the Washington Metropolitan Airports Authority to confirm has yet to be returned.) Power has reportedly been restored, but lines at security checkpoints are experiencing residual delays. Passengers heading to National this afternoon should also call their carriers and check for potential cancellations and delays. UPDATE: Officials are asking passengers to print their boarding passes at home if they can, but air traffic is currently normal according to an FAA spokeswoman who spoke to the Post.
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A power outage at Reagan National Airport had been affecting some flights this morning, as airliners couldn't refuel and jetways could not be pulled back. We can now confirm that power to the entire airport has been restored. A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority told DCist that electricity went out in some terminals around 10 a.m. this morning, but that "power was restored within an hour." Some of the pre-security lines were affected by the outage, so anyone heading to National this morning may want to prepare for a little bit longer of a wait than usual as lines work through delays. Most departures appear to be unaffected by the power outage at this time. 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 ›