A wind advisory will be in effect today in Bethesda from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, with gusts forecast by the National Weather Service to be up to 55 MPH, and isolated power outages expected around the Washington, D.C. region due to wind and falling trees. But the Pepco electric grid in the Westbard area already had a brief failure this morning, before the high winds had even arrived. Residents report that a power outage of several minutes occurred around 12:50 AM. There was no inclement weather in the area at the time. The electric grid in the Westbard area has had a significant number of outages, and appliance-damaging brownouts, since redevelopment work began on the commercial properties along Westbard Avenue and Ridgefield Road in 2017. Once again, concerns expressed by residents during the Westbard sector plan meetings - impact on utility infrastructure capacity, in this case - have proven to be prescient.
Last night, a Pepco crew was working on a significant project in the Woodmont Triangle ahead of today's cold front. Del Ray Avenue was blocked in both directions, where a large amount of utility equipment and vehicles had been brought in to work overnight.
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Hard to believe we have such a weak 'grid,' here so near the Nation's Capitol and at such expense. The only good excuse for Pepco power delivery problems should be from fallen trees with stunted root systems due to our geology like the hard pan, most anything else is bad planning and engineering.
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