How Seattle City Light Restores Power Outages
August 30, 2015
As Seattle City Light’s crews work to restore power to all customers affected by Saturday’s windstorm, they follow a set of guidelines for determining which job to work on next.
Repair Crews Responding to Outages Affecting About 46,000 Homes, Businesses
August 29, 2015
As of 5:30 p.m., crews have restored power to approximately 12,000 Seattle City Light customers.
City Light outage update
August 29, 2015
As of 4 pm, City Light crews are making some progress toward getting power back on, down to 48,700 customers out from a high of more than 58,000. Please be very cautious if you’re out and about and stay clear of any downed power lines. For the latest information on… [ Keep reading ]
City Light update: power outages
August 29, 2015
Widespread, scattered outages are occurring in City Light’s service territory as winds move through Saturday afternoon. As of approximately 2:3o p.m., high winds have left more than 58,000 customers without power throughout City Light’s service territory. Those numbers are expected to change. The larger outages are in North Seattle, Lake… [ Keep reading ]
Update on windstorm outages
August 29, 2015
Seattle City Light continues to see more outages from the wind, now up to at least 35,000 customers. The utility prepared for this and has extra crews out in the field to spot problems and get them fixed as quickly and safely as possible. When there are some reliable restoration… [ Keep reading ]
Windstorm causing widespread outages
August 29, 2015
The wind made it to the Puget Sound region, causing widespread outages across City Light’s service area. The utility has extra crews on duty to deal with multiple outages. As of this post, around 17,000 customers have lost power. Crews are working hard but estimates for power coming back on… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle City Light’s Self-Healing Power Lines Online in Shoreline, Lake Forest Park
July 9, 2015
Seattle City Light has completed installation in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park of automated switching technology that is designed to speed the restoration of service when a power line is damaged.
Crews Working to Restore Remaining 2,000
January 18, 2015
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
January 18, 2015
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
December 12, 2014
Seattle City Light crews worked through the night to restore power to thousands following high winds Thursday night.