A power outage has occurred affecting approximately 4,813 customers on Capitol Hill and First Hill. Crews are enroute to determine the cause and begin repairs. A power outage has occurred affecting approximately 4,813 customers on Capitol Hill and First Hill. Crews are enroute to determine the cause and begin repairs. The rough boundaries of the outage are; on the north, E. Denny Way; on the south, E. Columbia St.; on the east, 21st Ave and on the west, I-5. Not all customers in this area are affected. There is no estimate on time of repair.
Seattle City Light is the tenth largest public electric utility in the United States. It has some of the lowest cost customer rates of any urban utility, providing reliable, renewable and environmentally responsible power to nearly 1 million Seattle area residents. City Light has been greenhouse gas neutral since 2005, the first electric utility in the nation to achieve that distinction.