Tag: power outage

Crews Responding to Outage in Ballard, Crown Hill

Seattle City Light crews were responding to a power outage in Ballard and Crown Hill Saturday night that affected about 11,200 customers.

An underground cable failure was determined to be the cause of the outage. An initial estimate for restoration of service was set for 4 a.m.

The general boundaries of the outage were N 112th Street on the north, NW 46th Street on the south, 6th Avenue NW on the east and Seaview Avenue NW on the west. Not all customers within those boundaries were affected. Please see www.seattle.gov/light/sysystat/ for updates.

Seattle City Light is the 10th largest public electric utility in the United States. It has some of the lowest cost customer rates of any urban utility, providing reliable, renewable and environmentally responsible power to about 750,000 Seattle area residents. City Light has been greenhouse gas neutral since 2005, the first electric utility in the nation to achieve that distinction.

Crews Restore Power in Lake Forest Park, Shoreline

Repair crews restored power outage for about 4,400 homes and businesses in Lake Forest Park and Shoreline about 2:30 p.m. today.

The general boundaries of the outage were 244th Street on the north,61st Avenue on the east, Wallingford Avenue on the west and 165th Street on the south.

Crews believe that trees near 185th Street and 8th Avenue NE contacted power lines, causing electricity to arc and open breakers that cut power.

Power Restored After Fire at Broad Street Substation

A fire at the Broad Street Substation damaged the capacitor bank on the right.

Power has been restored to about 325 customers, including the Seattle Center, the Space Needle, Experience Music Project and the Monorail, that were affected by an outage caused when a fire broke out in Seattle City Light’s Broad Street Substation at 319 6th Ave. N.

The fire occurred at 10:16 a.m. The Seattle Fire Department was quickly on scene to put it out. No one was injured. The oil within the capacitor bank is a non-toxic mineral oil used for insulation.

Power was restored by noon. Repair crews determined the fire began in a capacitor bank, which is a device that regulates the quality of electricity flow.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Seattle City Light is the 10th largest public electric utility in the United States. It has some of the lowest cost customer rates of any urban utility, providing reliable, renewable and environmentally responsible power to about 750,000 Seattle area residents. City Light has been greenhouse gas neutral since 2005, the first electric utility in the nation to achieve that distinction.