Talk:Dark Matter Induced Powers/@comment-24696772-20160910212813/@comment-6299840-20160910213956

I'm pretty sure it was dark matter that the particle accelerator produced not extra dimensional energy.

Meta-humans who gained their abilities from the dark matter explosion in Central City often have powers influenced by unusual conditions at the time of exposure: Barry Allen was struck by lightning and gained access to the Speed Force, giving off electricity when he runs at superhuman speeds, while Tony Woodward and Joseph Monteleone gained the power to transform into the substance they were immersed in during the explosion (steel and tar, respectively).

I pulled that from the arrow wiki.