Beginning this Wednesday, August 14th through Friday, August 16th, 3rd Ave. N between Roy and Mercer streets will be closed during the day while City Light crews complete saw cutting, duct bank and conduit installation across the roadway.
Climbing a tree is an age-old summer activity, but it’s critically important to make sure the trees you or your children climb are clear of power lines.
A Seattle City Light vegetation management team that was expanded three years ago is cutting the number of outages customers experience by better managing clearances around power lines.
A single male osprey has been looking for love in the wrong place – a Seattle City Light tower along the Duwamish River.
On their climb up Washington’s tallest mountain, Seattle City Light employees Ed Richards and Cecile Bamer had two goals – reach the 14,411 foot summit and raise money for the American Lung Association. During the American Lung Association’s Climb for Clean Air, they achieved both.
Seattle City Light Compliance Officer Jim Baggs has been elected to chair the membership committee that will advise a new company created to oversee electric reliability coordination for energy generation and transmission in 17 western states.
Seattle City Light is scheduled to start replacing its aging electrical meters with advanced meters that provide two-way communication in 2015. As a part of the planning process for that transition, City Light is asking its customers to share any comments, questions or concerns they might have about advanced meters. We want to hear from you.
With hundreds of millions of dollars at stake for 6.4 million Pacific Northwest electric utility customers, a coalition of 70 Northwest utilities, including Seattle City Light; industry associations; and other entities has hired Washington, D.C. and Seattle-based law firm Van Ness Feldman. The coalition known as the Columbia River Treaty Power Group plans to share its views with policy makers and regional stakeholders on economic, environmental and operational issues as the United States prepares to renegotiate the 1960s-era Columbia River Treaty.
Working together, residents, building managers, energy efficiency experts and Seattle City Light have instituted energy, water and waste conservation actions at the one million square foot Horizon House retirement community that are saving tens of thousands of dollars on energy bills each year and avoiding tons of waste that could have ended up in landfills.
Fish biologists, power marketers and hydro operators at the Skagit performed a carefully orchestrated dance between July 15 and 17 to prepare the Gorge Dam spill gates for an inspection, seal rehabilitation, and a new coat of paint.
