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Schwimmer Wins City Light Energy Vampire Video Contest

Eli Schwimmer’s Van Helsing-themed video “Vampire Energy Slayer” is the winner of Seattle City Light’s Slay an Energy Vampire video contest, the utility announced today.

Seattle City Light Launches Redesigned Home Page

Seattle City Light launches a redesigned home page for its website www.seattle.gov/light today, Friday, Oct. 22.

Next Seattle Center Planned Outage

Seattle City Light’s work to rebuild the electrical system at Seattle Center requires a planned outage from 11 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25, until Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 7 a.m.

City Light work over Ship Canal will be finished in spring

Major repair work has been completed on two 200′ steel latttice towers holding high-voltage cables spanning the Ship Canal – one on Queen Anne side (Warren Ave. N.) and one on Fremont side (Phinney Ave. N.). Workers will return in the spring to pull new cables, bringing reliable backup power from Ballard Substation to Queen Anne and Magnolia.

Spirited Customers Show How to Slay Energy Vampires

Our creative customers made videos to show how they are slaying the energy vampires in their homes. You can help us pick a winner in our Slay an Energy Vampire video contest at http://energyvampires.strutta.com.

Vote on Your Favorite Energy Vampire Slayer

Seattle City Light customers have created terrific videos in our Slay an Energy Vampire video contest. Vote today for your favorite.

Power Restored in Beacon Hill

Seattle City Light repair crews restored power to about 5,100 homes and businesses in Beacon Hill about an hour after the start of an outage early Thursday morning.

New Prizes Added to Energy Vampire Video Contest

Seattle City Light’s “Slay an Energy Vampire” video contest just got better with new prizes added to the packages for first, second and third place.

Top of Transmission Tower Repaired, Ready to Go Back Up

On Wednesday, Oct. 6, Seattle City Light crews will begin reattaching a 20 foot section of a 190 foot tall steel lattice tower on the north side of the Lake Washington Ship Canal next to the Burke Gilman Trail.