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City Light Testing Distribution System in Shoreline & Lake Forest Park

Seattle City Light will continue testing automated switching technology in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park that is designed to speed the restoration of service when a power line is damaged.

Seattle City Light Testing Self-Healing Power Lines

Seattle City Light will test automated switching technology in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park that is designed to speed the restoration of service when a power line is damaged.

Crews Working to Restore Remaining 2,000

City Light crews continue to restore power to the remaining 2,000 customers affected by over 50 separate outages.

Crews Responding to Outages Affecting About 11,000 Customers

Crews are responding to scattered outages in Seattle City Light’s service territory. Winds are expected cause.

Seattle City Light Crews Making Progress With Power Restoration

Seattle City Light crews worked through the night to restore power to thousands following high winds Thursday night.

Crews Responding to Scattered Outages Affecting More Than 15,000 Customers

Crews are responding to scattered outages throughout Seattle City Light’s service territory

Power restored in parts of southwest and south service area

Power has been restored to most of Burien, Normandy Park and SeaTac. Crews are still working to restore an outage in Tukwila that was caused by a construction crew cutting an underground cable.

Burien back, outage down to 200-plus

Power outage that began this morning at 10 has been resolved for most customers in Burien, South Park and areas of south Seattle. A small area of Rainier Valley and New Holly remains out, affecting around 240 customers. Could be 5-6 hours to restore as crews have to bring in… [ Keep reading ]

S Seattle outage update

Burien, South Park and other south Seattle areas lost power at 10 this morning. Power has been restored to some, reducing customers out to 1,765 from a hiigh of 9.700 customers affected. Crews are on the scene and investigating. Estimated restoration is 2:30 this afternoon, but that is an early… [ Keep reading ]

Crews restore power to most windstorm outage customers

Crews working through Saturday night and Sunday have restored power to all but 803 customers who lost power during the Oct. 25-26 windstorm. The customers who remain without power are likely connected to smaller side lines. These lines involve fewer buildings and are often the hardest to repair. We estimate… [ Keep reading ]