SEATTLE — Almost 5,000 Seattle City Light (SCL) customers were without power Thursday morning.
According to SCL, crews responded to an outage in the Beacon Hill/Mount Baker area affecting approximately 4,813 customers at around 5:30 a.m. Thursday.
Crews are responding to an outage in the Beacon Hill / Mount Baker area affecting approximately 4,813 customers. The cause is under investigation and an estimated time of restoration is yet to be determined. Follow along on our outage map for updates: https://t.co/d6KxjvLmr6 pic.twitter.com/BBxKOtQMCm
— Seattle City Light (@SEACityLight) July 2, 2026
As of 6:30 a.m., power was restored to half of those customers. Just 2,073 remained without power.
By 9 a.m., crews had restored power to all but 647 customers.
“We will continue to work until power is restored for everyone. The cause of this outage was a combination of tree/vegetation and equipment failure,” posted SCL.
Follow along on SCL’s outage map for updates.
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