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Streetlight Inspections Update Dec. 29

Seattle City Light crews Tuesday night and Wednesday morning identified and repaired two streetlights that were giving off contact voltage. No one was injured in either case.

Power Restored in Rainier Beach, Renton

Seattle City Light repair crews restored power about 2:30 p.m. today for all customers affected by a power outage in Rainier Beach and north Renton.

UPDATE: Crews Working to Restore Power in Rainier Beach, Renton

Seattle City Light repair crews have reduced the size of an outage in the southern end of our service territory to about 700 homes and businesses.

Streetlight Safety Inspections Dec. 22 Update

Seattle City Light has agreed to contracts with two companies that will assist with inspections and tests of the utility’s metal streetlight poles and groundcover plates.

Powerful Neighborhoods Expanding to Southern Suburbs

Seattle City Light will expand its Powerful Neighborhoods program to install free compact fluorescent light bulbs in the areas of Burien, White Center, North Highlands, SeaTac Tukwila and Skyway served by Seattle City Light starting Jan. 3.

Shoreline outage down to about 200 customers

A power outage in Shoreline that began just after 10 pm affecting almost 3,000 customers was partially restored within the hour. About 200 customers were still without power just after 11 pm. It was unknown when those customers would have power restored. Cause was found to be equipment failure of… [ Keep reading ]

Shoreline outage partially restored

A power outage in Shoreline that began just after 10 pm affecting almost 3,000 customers was partially restored within half an hour. About 1,500 customers were still without power by 10:40 pm. A cause for the outage has not been determined, nor a time for full restoraton.

Outage in Shoreline area

A power outage in the Shoreline area has cut electricity to more than 2,900 customers.

Popular Refrigerator Recycling Program Returns

Seattle City Light’s popular recycling program for older, secondary refrigerators – you know, the ones sitting down in the basement or out in the garage – will return Jan. 1 and customers can start scheduling pickups now.

Power Restored in Greenlake

Seattle City Light repair crews restored power to about 3,600 homes and businesses in the Greenlake neighborhood about 1:45 p.m.