Lights go out near Capitol; Pepco hopes for restoration by midnight

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Electricity was cut off Monday night to about 1600 homes and businesses in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.

The Pepco website indicated that the outages were reported over an area that stretched from the near the Capitol to as far east as 13th Street.

No cause could be learned immediately. Pepco said it was under investigation. The utility said it expected all power to be restored by midnight.