Unnamed Administration sources reported that Sean Donelan said:
Washington DC power company PEPCO had more underground
fires at 17th and M streets NW. This has affected
some circuits out of carriers with facilities on
1200 block of L street.
Note that PEPCO has just started a major rebuild of the much
damned system in Georgetown. It's supposed to take teraseconds to
complete since the local merchants:
Don't want any outages
Don't want any street construction
during the business day
Don't want any noise or dirt...