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November Wind Storm

Overnight, crews made steady progress restoring power to customers impacted by Tuesday’s windstorm, restoring more than half the total customers who’ve been affected since the start of the storm. However, we understand that for those still affected it remains incredibly challenging, especially with the cold conditions. For customers needing support, please check with your local government or call 211 to find warming shelters and other resources. King 5 also has this list of resources. We are working around the clock and will continue to do so until every customer is restored.

Crews have been able to restore power to 57 schools with known power outages over the last two days, with continued efforts to restore remaining schools, medical facilities and hospitals. The high winds and resulting tree damage not only downed the smaller, local power lines, but also damaged the larger transmission lines – the larger lines that bring power into communities. Crews are beginning to bring transmission lines back online; these lines need to be brought back into service before crews can focus on the local distribution system. Please note that as transmission comes online, there will be temporary spikes in data as those systems are energized, you may see numbers go up and down on the outage map as the process occurs.

 

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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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Community Solar locations

Choose a site for your subscription

Community Solar offers PSE electric customers the opportunity to subscribe to shares of 100% local solar energy. We’ve partnered with communities and organizations across our service area to build multiple local solar energy arrays. Each Community Solar site provides a limited number of shares, and they sell out fast! Sign up today or join a waitlist to hear about future availability.

How do I subscribe?

  1. Choose an available solar site from the list below.
  2. Sign in to your PSE electric account to calculate your subscription cost and estimated benefits for each site.
    • Subscriptions are just $20 per month per share.
    • You’ll get bill credits for the solar energy generated by your share(s) to offset a portion of your monthly subscription cost.
    • You can replace up to 120% of your annual average electricity usage with solar energy generated by your shares.
  3. Confirm and submit your subscription to enroll or join a waitlist.
Select a site to get started

Customers can choose to subscribe to any site.

Naneum Creek

The Naneum Creek Community Solar site is located in Ellensburg, WA. The 4.99-MW solar array offers approximately 367 shares for subscription. It was completed and operational in October 2023.

This site is currently full.

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Manastash Ridge

The 4.99-MW Manastash Ridge Community Solar site offers 3,145 shares for subscription and is located near Manastash Ridge, a 50-mile mountain ridge that runs between Ellensburg and Yakima. According to the Kittitas County Historical Museum, “manastash” is an indigenous word from the K’ti’tas peoples, who are now recognized as part of the Yakama Nation. While the word has a few historical meanings, its connotation of “gathering place” resonates with the goal of Community Solar to make 100% locally produced solar energy accessible to all.

This site is currently full.

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Bonney Lake Community Solar

The Bonney Lake Community Solar site is installed on the roof of the Peaking Storage Reservoir in Bonney Lake. The 450 kWac solar array offers approximately 308 shares for subscription. It was completed and operational in October 2022.

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Kittitas Community Solar

Located in Kittitas County near Ellensburg, the Kittitas Community Solar site is a 5 MWac ground-mounted solar array installation featuring more than 13,000 solar panels that can generate approximately 10 million kWh of solar energy every year. The Kittitas Community Solar site offers approximately 3,400 shares available for subscription, making it the largest solar installation in the inaugural phase of the Community Solar program. It was completed and operational in March 2022.

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Olympia High School Community Solar

The Olympia High School Community Solar site is installed on the roof of Olympia High School in Olympia. The 200 kWac solar array offers approximately 135 shares for subscription. It was completed and operational in November 2021.

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Pine Lake Community Solar

The Pine Lake Community Solar site is installed on the roof of Pine Lake Middle School in Sammamish. The 175 kWac solar array offers approximately 119 total shares for subscription. It was completed and operational in March 2022.

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