Feds issue emergency order to prevent power blackouts in mid-Atlantic

Washington DC is in a power grid emergency. What does that mean? Washington DC is included in a federal power grid emergency order aimed at preventing electricity shortages across the Mid-Atlantic. A spell of warmer weather and other demands on the power grid are prompting federal authorities to take emergency steps to prevent blackouts across the mid-Atlantic in mid-October. The Department of Energy issued an emergency order effective from Oct. 13 to Oct. 16 to authorize PJM Interconnection, wh