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50,000+ Puget Sound Energy Customers Without Power
As of Friday morning, Puget Sound Energy was still working on about 668 outages across Western Washington.
WOODINVILLE, WA - Just over 54,000 Puget Sound Energy customers were still without power Friday morning after Thursday's strong windstorm. Most of the outages were in the Bellingham area and the Kitsap Peninsula, but dozens were without power in the Seattle area.
But the 668 outages remaining on Friday morning was an upgrade over Thursday. PSE had close to 300,000 customers without power at one point yesterday. Many of the outages were caused by trees knocked down by high winds.
PSE is bringing in help from other utilities. But the utility warned that fixing all the outages might take several days.
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You can check up on the latest outages and expected restoration times here.
Crews worked through the night restoring power to customers impacted by yesterday’s wind storm. As of 4 a.m., we have restored power to more than 235,000 customers and have approximately 59,000 who remain without power. #wawind #wawx pic.twitter.com/O0FqOqjxdr
— Puget Sound Energy (@PSETalk) December 21, 2018
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