SAN JUAN COUNTY, Wash. — Over 15,000 customers — 98% of all OPALCO customers — across the San Juan Islands were without power on Wednesday morning after an accident on the mainland, according to Orcas Power & Light Cooperative (OPALCO).
OPALCO first reported that a “system-wide outage” was affecting all of San Juan County at around 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday. OPALCO added that the outage was a PSE (Puget Sound Energy) outage originating on the mainland.
PSE and BPA (Bonneville Power Administration) crews were investigating the cause of the outage. As of 8:50 a.m., PSE confirmed the outage was caused by an accident on the mainland, but did not specify what the accident was.
At 10:30 a.m., OPALCO confirmed, “There is a wire down and a cruiser on site at this PSE outage. PSE crews are responding and assessing any further damages.”
While they don’t have an estimated restoration time, PSE says they are not anticipating the outage to last overnight.
For more information, visit: opalco.com/event/unplanned-outage-san-juan-county/
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