A power outage in Foggy Bottom on Monday morning affected roughly 1,100 customers, including buildings used by the World Bank Group, State Department and George Washington University.
A Pepco spokesperson said just before noon in a statement to The Washington Sun that the cause of the power outage remained unclear as crews worked to restore power following an “event” at Pepco’s I Street Substation.
Pepco said in a later statement that customers could expect power to be restored by 2 p.m., with the cause still under investigation and no indications of foul play.
D.C. Fire and EMS said in an X post Monday morning that it responded to reports of smoke coming from multiple manholes at the 1800 Block of H Street NW as Pepco worked on the electrical outages in the area.
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D.C. Fire did not respond to a request for comment on whether the smoke was related to the power outages.
The power outage affected more than 80 of George Washington University’s buildings, including its academic center and student center. The university posted on its website that many of its academic activities would be suspended for the rest of the day.
A university spokesperson referred The Sun to the school’s website when asked for comment.
A World Bank Group spokesperson told The Sun in a statement that the power outage also affected the group’s downtown office buildings.
Multiple State Department facilities were “experiencing an unscheduled loss of electrical power,” according to a state official, The Daily Wire reported.
A State Department spokesperson referred The Sun to Pepco for information on the power outage.
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