Seattle City Light has completed inspections on all metal streetlight poles and ground cover plates at Seattle Housing Authority locations, including High Point, GreenBridge, New Holly and Rainier Vista. No new voltage readings were found.
We’ve posted video on our Facebook page showing some of our lineworkers performing inspections on streetlights. Watch it at https://www.facebook.com/video/editvideo.php?v=111475002257629
Seattle City Light now is up-dating on our metal streetlight pole inspections, including information about any poles found to be energized. Our Power Lines blog will be up-dated whenever there is additional information to add.
Seattle City Light’s inspections of metal streetlight poles have found three more instances of contact voltage.
Seattle City Light won a special 30th Anniversary Award from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) for outstanding contributions to the field of energy efficiency.
Repair crews have restored service to all 3,000 homes and businesses that lost power about noon when a tree fell into power lines near 8th Avenue NE and N 124th Street.
Repair crews have restored service to Northgate Mall and most of the other 3,000 homes and businesses that lost power about noon when a tree fell into power lines near 8th Avenue NE and N 124th Street.
Seattle City Light repair crews are responding to a power outage affecting about 3,000 customers in northeast Seattle.
Superintendent Jorge Carrasco assures the public that a faulty streetlight that electrocuted a dog in Queen Anne was an isolated incident. He expresses his sympathy to the dog’s owner and commits to inspecting all similar lights in City Light’s system.
