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November Wind Storm

Damage assessment and restoration efforts continue

Crews and hundreds of support staff continue their around-the-clock work to restore power to those who remain out as a result of yesterday’s damaging windstorm.

As of 6 p.m., we have 354,733 customers out of power. Power has been restored to more than 170,000 customers since the start of the storm. However, due to extensive wind and equipment damage, power for some customers may be out for an extended period. We are updating our outage map with the best information available and will continue to provide updates as restoration progresses. Our focus for tonight continues to be on transmission lines to critical infrastructure and public safety.

Crews continue to survey damage on the ground and helicopter patrols will resume tomorrow morning. Our first step in restoring power is damage assessment: getting a look at what’s been done to the system and determining the extent of repairs that are needed. We will provide restoration updates as information becomes available.

Crews from other utilities from Washington State, British Columbia, Idaho and Oregon have all shown up to assist in the repair of our electric system. Support from these outside agencies ensures that PSE restores power to our communities as soon as possible.

 

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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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Transmission services

The regulation of wholesale sales of electricity and transmission of electricity in interstate commerce falls under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC. Puget Sound Energy’s electric transmission business operates independently and markets its transmission services using an Open Access Same-time Information System (OASIS). Further information about PSE’s OASIS, Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT), business standards and practices, standards of conduct, transmission planning, the Western Energy Imbalance Market and Available Transfer Capability (ATC) can be found in the hyperlinks below.

Obtaining wholesale transmission services

To view documents regarding Puget Sound Energy's rules, procedures and practices relating to the provisioning of transmission service:

  1. Go to the PSE OASIS website
  2. Browse through the Business Practices, Standards of Conduct, ATC and other folders in the left-hand menu
  3. Select the documents you'd like to see

Once there, you'll find a number of regularly updated documents from PSE Transmission Services, including:

  • Standards of conduct for transmission providers: PSE's compliance with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Standards of Conduct, including implementation procedures
  • Transmission credit policy: Information regarding credit review procedures related to obtaining transmission services from PSE
  • PSE's Open Access Transmission Tariff, Attachment L: Information regarding credit review procedures related to obtaining transmission services from PSE
  • PSE critical energy infrastructure information (CEII) request form: Used to request CEII from PSE
  • PSE OASIS Transmission Offering Summary: For transmission customers wishing to verify ATC information

Online resources

OASIS
PSE’s OASIS

OATT
PSE OATT (tariff)

ATCID
PSE’s Available Transfer Capability Implementation Document

Electric Industry Registry
To register as a Transmission Customer

North American Energy Standards Board
Specific information relating to business practices developed by the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB)

Western Energy Imbalance Market
Enables our ability to buy and sell energy anywhere in the West

PSE transmission contact
Please contact us if you have additional questions

Transmission services