– 0 customers out in District of Columbia
Power outage history
District of Columbia
2.1hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025. 48th of 51.
Electricity customers 325,122 Across 1 counties
Worst well-recorded year 2018 4.7 hours without power, average customer
County by county
Where District of Columbia goes dark
Hours without power for the average customer in a typical year. Hover a county; click to open it.
Fewer hours64+ h / yr
Most hours without power
Most reliable
Year by year
Hours in the dark, statewide
The record
District of Columbia's largest outages
Statewide events with at least 2% of customers, or 25,000, out at once, by peak.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2018 | Windstorm | 76,819 | 23.6% |
Every county
All 1 counties
| County | Hours / yr | Major outages since 2018 | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 2.1 | 1 | 325,122 |
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities in District of Columbia
Reliability and residential price as reported to the EIA for the latest year. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potomac Electric Power Co | Investor Owned | 50 | 34 | 20.8 | 325k |