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We know how disruptive it is to be without power and that you need to know when your power is coming back on so you can make plans.

Damage assessment along with ongoing restoration has been the priority today. As of 3:30 p.m., power has been restored to more than 61% of customers impacted by last night’s storm.

We understand it has been a long day for those customers who remain without power.

Most customers in King County will be restored by Thursday morning, with the exception of customers in Duvall and Skykomish. Those areas have access issues that complicate restoration efforts—some of these customers are experiencing extended outages as flooding and other conditions continue to prevent crews from working safely.

In Thurston and Pierce Counties, we have made steady progress and currently have six transmission segments out, down from nine this morning. Four substations in Pierce County are offline and 57,285 customers remain without power. Many customers will have power restored tonight; however, it will be longer until we can restore power to all customers. We will work overnight to provide an estimated time of restoration to those customers.

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Safety first. Never touch or go within 35 feet of downed power lines because they might be energized. Call PSE at 1-888-225-5773 or 911 to report problems.

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Have a plan

Keep yourself and your family safe during emergencies resulting from earthquakes, storms and other natural disasters that may cause power outages or interruptions of your energy service.

  • Keep emergency food and supplies on hand. Suggested list.
  • Know how to manually open and close electric doors, such as your garage door.
  • Know how to properly shut off your natural gas and electricity if needed.
  • Create and practice an evacuation plan in case you need to leave your home or business.
  • Prepare to assist your neighbors, people with special needs, the elderly and pets.
  • Have a cellular or corded phone (cordless phones will not work during an outage).
  • Identify an out-of-town contact. Long distance calls may be easier to make than local calls. Someone from out of the area may have an easier time relaying a message.
    • Make sure everyone in your family knows the phone number of your out-of-town or emergency contact and that they have a cell phone, change or a pre-paid phone card.
    • Know how to send a text message which may be able to get around network disruptions when a phone call can't get through.
  • Check out resources around you that provide safety training and preparedness tips:

Safety video by Oak Harbor High School students

Aquarium :60 from WildcatTV on Vimeo.

This video, "Aquarium," was produced in 2013 by Taylor White and Kylee Harris, students at Oak Harbor High School. It is one of 22 safety videos produced by Oak Harbor high students through a project funded by Puget Sound Energy and the Oak Harbor Education Foundation. More videos.