A spokesperson for Dominion Energy told WTOP that a bad underground cable was behind the outage. It also said additional crews have been called in to help fix the problem.
Residents in Crystal City, Virginia, spent most of Friday afternoon in the dark after a bad underground power cable cut the power for roughly 1,500 customers, Dominion Energy said in a statement.
The reported outage began early Friday afternoon and continued through the early evening hours for residents in the Arlington County neighborhood.
A spokesperson for Dominion Energy told WTOP that a bad underground cable was behind the outage. It also said additional crews have been called in to help fix the problem.
Dominion says it is unclear when power will be restored to the 1,500 customers impacted by the cable issue.
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