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PJM, Utility Officials Investigating Cause of DC-Area Outage

PJM, Utility Officials Investigating Cause of DC-Area Outage PJM and utility officials said yesterday they are still investigating what caused the failure of a 230-kV transmission line that briefly cut power to the White House and much of the D.C. area Tuesday afternoon. The incident caused a drop in voltage that led the Calvert Cliffs … Continue reading PJM, Utility Officials Investigating Cause of DC-Area Outage

BREAKING NEWS: Power plant explosion caused electrical grid surge, triggered outages across D.C. and Maryland

BREAKING NEWS: Power plant explosion caused electrical grid surge, triggered outages across D.C. and Maryland WASHINGTON (WJLA/AP) – The White House, State Department, Capitol and University of Maryland were all affected by widespread power outages across Washington and its Maryland suburbs on Tuesday afternoon. PJM Interconnection, a regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of … Continue reading BREAKING NEWS: Power plant explosion caused electrical grid surge, triggered outages across D.C. and Maryland