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Widespread Power Outages Resolved In Alexandria Friday Night
Customers experienced power outages with flickering on Friday night in the city.
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Widespread outages affected Alexandria and Arlington residents Friday night, according to Dominion Energy.
Before 8 p.m., Mayor Justin Wilson noted over 13,000 customers were experiencing outages. According to Dominion Energy's outage map, impacted neighborhoods included Del Ray, Potomac Yard, North Ridge, Rosemont, Seminary Hill and more.
After 8 p.m. Dominion Energy spokesperson Peggy Fox said the outages were related to a circuit at a substation. At 8:46 p.m., she reported that power had been restored to customers.
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But residents continued to report having the power flicker. Fox then reported that more outages were occurring and crews were working on the issue.
We have ~13K @DominionEnergy customers around the City experiencing intermittent outages due to circuit failures at a substation. Please report the outage online or by phone at 866-366-4357.https://t.co/P7thQdZmld
— Justin Wilson (@justindotnet) October 23, 2020
What is going with the electricity in Alexandria tonight? 7th very short outage in the last 20 minutes. @DomEnergyNews
— Elizabeth Jardim (@LizOC) October 24, 2020
Power outage continues in parts of Alexandria, Virginia. Sunblocks have electricity, many do not. This is the Potomac Yard Target. pic.twitter.com/DaArBRe7BG
— Steve Rudin ABC7 (@SteveRudinABC7) October 24, 2020
At 10 p.m., a tweet from Dominion Energy said most customers should have power back within the next hour. By midnight, the outage map no longer displayed outages in Alexandria.
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Alexandria Police said the outages have resulted in intersections without power. Drivers were asked to treat dark intersections as four-way stops.
This evening in Northern Virginia we had two outages that happened at about the same time impacting many of the same customers. We apologize for the inconvenience this caused. Power should be restored for most customers within the next hour.#Alexandria #Arlington pic.twitter.com/lpiQJSidwO
— Dominion Energy (@DominionEnergy) October 24, 2020
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