The Basics How long have you been at City Light? I started February 2022 and have been at City Light for one year and four months Division: Office of the General Manager Tell us about your role. What does your job entail? I’m the business process manager, and my role… [ Keep reading ]
The Basics Years of service: I have worked at Seattle City Light since January 1998. Division: Customer Engineering Role: I started my journey with City Light as a meter reader and am now in the Customer Engineering division as a senior electrical service representative (ESR). My role as an ESR… [ Keep reading ]
The Fourth of July holiday is upon us, and it’s a great time to get together with friends and family and enjoy the sun. City Light has four safety tips to ensure that you stay safe, and your power stays on, over the holiday. Check out other ways to beat… [ Keep reading ]
Yesterday, Seattle City Light and the Seattle Fire Department (SFD) unveiled Energy 1, our newest Energy Response Unit. Seattle is the only city in North America with an energy response team to address these types of fire emergencies, and this apparatus for fighting electrical fires in substations and underground vaults… [ Keep reading ]
Transportation is the primary contributor to greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change in Seattle. Pollution from transportation degrades air and water quality, all of which disproportionately harm our Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities. Seattle City Light is committed to reducing climate pollution in the transportation sector. To accomplish… [ Keep reading ]
The Basics How long have you been at City Light? Seven months and counting! Division: Organizational Change Management Office Tell us about your role. What does your job entail? I’m a term limited organizational change management (OCM) analyst. My primary responsibility at City Light is to assist in managing and… [ Keep reading ]
On June 17, members of the community came to the Estelita’s Library Juneteenth Celebration to enjoy food, music, a book swap, and unveil ZEV co-op’s new electric ADA carshare van — the first of its kind in Washington state. Estelita’s Library is a justice-focused community bookstore and library in Seattle’s… [ Keep reading ]
On June 8, Highline High School’s Environmental Club leaders (Jordan Powers, Mikah Ramsey and Raidon Sann) invited funders, mentors and supporters to celebrate the completion of a monumental project: the installation of a 285-panel, 100-kilowatt solar-panel system to produce energy on top of the new school. This project was unique in that… [ Keep reading ]
The Basics How long have you been at City Light? Since November 2022 Division: Transmission & Distribution Field Operations, Warehouse Tell us about your role. What does your job entail? I mainly work with different trade and work groups to ensure that they have the equipment and tools necessary to complete their… [ Keep reading ]
Summer is cruise ship season, which means more ships are spending time in port preparing for their next departure, running their engines to provide the energy they need to operate onboard services — and emitting greenhouse gases. However, a series of projects are underway to make the Port of Seattle… [ Keep reading ]
