October Windstorm

Monday, October 27 – 8:30 p.m.

We understand the stress and disruption that power outages can cause and we appreciate your patience as we work to restore power as quickly and safely as possible.

Crews have made excellent progress, and we expect the majority of customers to have power restored overnight. There will be some customers, mostly in Pierce and Thurston Counties, where it will take longer to restore power. Areas of focus in Thurston County include Boston Harbor, Pattison and Black Lake, downtown and southeast Lacey. In Pierce County, crews are patrolling lines serving Carbonado and Wilkeson, removing downed trees and restoring power. Crews are also working in the Rhodes Lake area, where damage is still considerable.

The outages that are likely to remain into tomorrow will affect smaller, more localized, groups of customers. These take time to repair as crews go from site to site to make repairs and restore power. Crews will continue to work around the clock until power is restored to all customers.

We are also watching the weather forecast and the potential for strong winds tonight in East King and Pierce counties. High winds could increase the number of outages or might delay current restoration efforts if conditions are not safe for our crews to continue to work for a period of time.

If you are checking the outage map on pse.com and your outage does not have a specific time for the power to be restored, it’s because our crews in the field need to complete other work before being able to restore your power. As crews are assigned to a repair job, the specific restoration time for that outage will be added to the outage map.

PSE has 92 powerline crews working across our communities in King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Thurston counties. Aerial patrols are continuing today on the remaining section of our power lines. More than 95% of customers impacted by the storm have had their power restored.

Monday, October 27 – 10 a.m.

We understand the stress and disruption that outages can cause on your family and plans. Please know our crews and support staff are working around the clock to restore power as quickly and safely as possible.

Overnight, crews made significant progress restoring power to customers with more than 95% of customers impacted by last weekend’s storm. Today, crews will continue to quickly and safely continue restoring power to customers.

Today, the PSE outreach team is in Bonney Lake from 11:30 am until 5 pm to connect with customers at the Fred Meyer in Bonney Lake. We encourage customers in the area to stop by for free coffee and cookies and to talk with our team about our storm response efforts.

Please note that these staff have the same restoration information available as the outage map and cannot provide individualized customer restoration information.

Below are estimated restoration times for impacted areas. If you are checking the outage map on pse.com and your outage does not have a specific time for the power to be restored, it’s because our crews in the field need to complete other work before being able to restore your power. As crews are assigned to a repair job, the specific restoration time for that outage will be added to the outage map.

• Most Kitsap and King County customers will have power restored by the end of day Monday 10/27. Outages in the North Bend area may extend into Tuesday.
  
  
• The majority of customers in Pierce County will have power restored by the end of Tuesday 10/28. Outages in the Cascade foothills could extend into Wednesday 10/29 due to the extent of damage in areas including Prairie Ridge, Victor Falls, and Ponderosa Estates.
  
  
• Thurston County experienced heavy damage; power will be restored to customers over the coming days, but it will take until Tuesday evening and into early Wednesday 10/29 for that work to finish.

PSE has 90 powerline crews and dozens of damage assessment teams working across our communities in King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Thurston counties. Aerial patrols are planned to continue today on the remaining section of our power lines. Crews have made significant progress restoring power to more than 310,000 customers since the start of the event. As of Monday morning, there are fewer than 15,000 customers remaining without power.

High winds combined with saturated grounds and seasonal foliage led to many tree failures that impacted transmission lines. The most damage to PSE’s transmission system occurred between South King and Pierce County. Transmission needs to be repaired before we can start restoring power on the distribution system.

Monday, October 27 – 6 a.m.

We understand the stress and disruption that outages can cause on your family and plans. Please know our crews and support staff are working around the clock to restore power as quickly and safely as possible.

Overnight, crews made significant progress restoring power to customers with more than 95% of customers impacted by last weekend’s storm. Today, crews will continue to quickly and safely continue restoring power to customers.

Below are estimated restoration times for impacted areas. If you are checking the outage map on pse.com and your outage does not have a specific time for the power to be restored, it’s because our crews in the field need to complete other work before being able to restore your power. As crews are assigned to a repair job, the specific restoration time for that outage will be added to the outage map.

• Most Kitsap and King County customers will have power restored by the end of day Monday 10/27. Outages in the North Bend area may extend into Tuesday.
  
  
• The majority of customers in Pierce County will have power restored by the end of Tuesday 10/28. Outages in the Cascade foothills could extend into Wednesday 10/29 due to the extent of damage in areas including Prairie Ridge, Victor Falls, and Ponderosa Estates.
  
  
• Thurston County experienced heavy damage; power will be restored to customers over the coming days, but it will take until Tuesday evening and into early Wednesday 10/29 for that work to finish.

PSE has 83 powerline crews and dozens of damage assessment teams working across our communities in King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Thurston counties. Aerial patrols are planned to continue today on the remaining section of our power lines. Crews have made significant progress restoring power to more than 310,000 customers since the start of the event. As of Monday morning, there are fewer than 19,200 customers remaining without power.

High winds combined with saturated grounds and seasonal foliage led to many tree failures that impacted transmission lines. The most damage to PSE’s transmission system occurred between South King and Pierce County. Transmission needs to be repaired before we can start restoring power on the distribution system.

Monday, October 27 – 12 a.m.

We understand how difficult it is to be without power and that you need information about when your power is coming back on so you can make plans. We are working around the clock to assess damage and make repairs, and will continue to do so until power is restored to all customers.

Below are estimated restoration times for impacted areas. If you are checking the outage map on pse.com and your outage does not have a specific time for the power to be restored, it’s because our crews in the field need to complete other work before being able to restore your power. As crews are assigned to a repair job, the specific restoration time for that outage will be added to the outage map.

• Most Kitsap and King County customers will have power restored by the end of day Monday 10/27. Outages in the North Bend area may extend into Tuesday 10/28.
  
  
• The majority of customers in Pierce County will have power restored by the end of Tuesday 10/28. Outages in the Cascade foothills could extend into Wednesday 10/29 due to the extent of damage in areas including Prairie Ridge, Victor Falls, and Ponderosa Estates.
  
  
• Thurston County experienced heavy damage; power will be restored to customers over the coming days, but it will take until Tuesday evening and into early Wednesday 10/29 for that work to finish.

PSE has 83 powerline crews and dozens of damage assessment teams working across our communities in King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Thurston counties. Aerial patrols were delayed Sunday due to limited visibility, but crews have made significant progress restoring power to more than 310,000 customers since the start of the event. As of Sunday evening, there are approximately 36,000 customers remaining without power.

High winds combined with saturated grounds and seasonal foliage led to many tree failures that impacted transmission lines. The most damage to PSE’s transmission system occurred between South King and Pierce County. Transmission needs to be repaired before we can start restoring power on the distribution system.

Sunday, October 26 – 6 p.m.

We understand how difficult it is to be without power and that you need information about when your power is coming back on so you can make plans. We are working around the clock to assess damage and make repairs, and will continue to do so until power is restored to all customers.

Below are estimated restoration times for impacted areas. If you are checking the outage map on pse.com and your outage does not have a specific time for the power to be restored, it’s because our crews in the field need to complete other work before being able to restore your power. As crews are assigned to a repair job, the specific restoration time for that outage will be added to the outage map.

• Most Kitsap and King County customers will have power restored by the end of day Monday 10/27. Outages in the North Bend area may extend into Tuesday.


• The majority of customers in Pierce County will have power restored by the end of Tuesday 10/28. Outages in the Cascade foothills could extend into Wednesday 10/29 due to the extent of damage in areas including Prairie Ridge, Victor Falls, and Ponderosa Estates.


• Thurston County experienced heavy damage; power will be restored to customers over the coming days, but it will take until Tuesday evening and into early Wednesday 10/29 for that work to finish.

PSE has 83 powerline crews and dozens of damage assessment teams working across our communities in King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Thurston counties. Aerial patrols were delayed Sunday due to limited visibility, but crews have made significant progress restoring power to more than 310,000 customers since the start of the event. As of Sunday evening, there are approximately 63,000 customers remaining without power.

High winds combined with saturated grounds and seasonal foliage led to many tree failures that impacted transmission lines. The most damage to PSE’s transmission system occurred between South King and Pierce County. Transmission needs to be repaired before we can start restoring power on the distribution system.

Sunday, October 26 – 12 p.m.

The high winds and rainy weather have caused many outages around our service area, with gusts near 60 mph in some areas. Since the start of the heavy winds yesterday, we have restored power to over 380,000 customers.

There are approximately 115,000 customers without power. Our Emergency Coordination Center and local storm bases remain open to coordinate restoration efforts.

Crews are working throughout the service area to restore power to customers impacted by yesterday’s storm. We’ve brought in additional crews to help restore power as quickly and safely as possible, bringing the total number of crews in the field to 69.

Damage is the heaviest in Thurston and Pierce counties. The high winds and resulting tree damage not only downed the smaller, local power lines, but also damaged the larger transmission lines – the power lines that bring power into the communities. We dispatched helicopters this morning to these areas to assess damage to our transmission lines.

Most of the damage to the electric system was caused by falling tree limbs. In Thurston County, uprooted trees caused extensive structural damage to the system.

Transmission lines need to be brought back into service before crews can focus on the local distribution system within neighborhoods and communities. Repairing transmission lines is how we bring large amounts of the system back on.

Work will continue until every customer has power restored. We have the equipment and materials needed for the type of outages caused by high winds and heavy rain. As crews finish work in one area, they are assigned to repair damage in another.

We understand how difficult it is to be without power. Crews will continue assessing damage and repairing power lines as quickly as they can. We’ve also brought in additional crews to help with restoration in Pierce and Thurston counties.

Regular updates and restoration times are posted as they are available. We know customers need this information to make plans, and we’ll get it as soon as crews can safely make their assessments. Estimated restoration times will be updated on our outage map at pse.com/outagemap and the myPSE app.

Sunday, October 26 – 6 am

The high winds and rainy weather have caused many outages around our service area. There are approximately 148,000 customers without power. Our Emergency Coordination Center and local storm bases remain open to coordinate restoration efforts.

Damage is the heaviest in Pierce and Thurston counties. The high winds and resulting tree damage not only downed the smaller, local power lines, but also damaged the larger transmission lines – the power lines that bring power into the communities. We dispatched helicopters this morning to these areas to assess damage to our transmission lines.

Transmission lines need to be brought back into service before crews can focus on the local distribution system within neighborhoods and communities.

We understand how difficult it is to be without power. Crews will continue assessing damage and repairing power lines as quickly as they can. We’ve also brought in additional crews to help with restoration in Pierce and Thurston counties.

Regular updates and restoration times are posted as they are available. We know customers need this information to make plans, and we’ll get it as soon as crews can safely make their assessments. Estimated restoration times will be updated on our outage map at pse.com/outagemap and the myPSE app.

Saturday, October 25 – 10 pm

The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for locations in our service area from Saturday afternoon to Sunday morning, with winds gusts to 55 mph. These damaging winds moved through the Puget Sound region on Saturday. The windy weather has caused many outages around our service area. There are approximately 135,000 customers without power. We’ve opened our Emergency Coordination Center and local storm bases to coordinate restoration efforts.

Damage is heaviest in Pierce and Thurston counties. The high winds and resulting tree damage not only downed the smaller, local power lines, but also damaged the larger transmission lines – the power lines that bring power into the communities.

Once it’s safe, crews will begin assessing damage and begin to bring transmission lines back online; these lines need to be brought back into service before crews can focus on the local distribution system.

We understand how difficult it is to be without power. Our crews will work as quickly as they can to safely assess damage. Regular updates and restoration times are posted as they are available. We know customers need this information to make plans and we’ll get it as soon as crews can safely make their assessments. Estimated restoration times will be updated on our outage map at pse.com/outagemap and the myPSE app.