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Power Restored in Ballard, Queen Anne, Magnolia

An underground cable failure was the cause of a power outage Monday that affected about 9,700 homes and businesses in parts of Ballard, Queen Anne, and Magnolia.

An underground cable failure was the cause of a power outage Monday that affected about 9,700 homes and businesses in parts of Ballard, Queen Anne, and Magnolia.

The outage started about 1:20 p.m. Crews isolated the damage, restoring power by 2:30 p.m.

Customers can get outage information online here

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.