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 Seattle City Light
News Release |
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Seattle City Light Restoration Work Continues |
For Immediate Release:
12/19/2006 2:00:00 PM |
For More Information Contact:
Power Outage Hotline – (206) 684-7400
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Seattle City Light Restoration Work Continues
Customers without power: 14,000
Neighborhoods without power (approximate numbers):
| North of Ship Canal/Denny |
| Richmond Beach: |
50 |
| Shoreline: |
600 |
| Lake Forest Park: |
1,250 |
| Crown Hill: |
50 |
| Northgate: |
150 |
| Lake City: |
100 |
| Ballard: |
50 |
| University Area: |
75 |
| Wedgewood/Sandpoint: |
115 |
| Magnolia: |
25 |
| Queen Anne: |
25 |
| South of the Ship Canal/Denny |
| Capitol Hill: |
500 |
| Central Area: |
300 |
| West Seattle: |
2,200 |
| Delridge: |
2,100 |
| Beacon Hill: |
870 |
| Rainier Valley: |
365 |
| White Center: |
625 |
| Burien: |
1,450 |
| Tukwilla: |
2,160 |
| SeaTac: |
500 |
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Revised restoration estimates:
New forecast:
| End of day Monday estimated remaining out |
15,000 |
| End of day Tuesday estimated remaining out |
10,000 |
| End of day Wednesday estimated remaining out |
6,000 |
| Estimated restoration for bulk of system |
12:59 p.m. Thursday night |
| A number of miscellaneous outages will come in after Thursday |
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Restoration Progress:
| Friday |
4:00 a.m. |
51% of Seattle City Light customers had power |
| Friday |
11:00 p.m. |
78% Seattle City Light customers had power |
| Saturday |
11:00 p.m. |
86% Seattle City Light customers had power |
| Sunday |
11:00 p.m. |
95% Seattle City Light customers had power |
| Monday |
11:00 p.m. |
96% Seattle City Light customers had power |
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Restoration Priorities
- Critical Infrastructure - Hospitals, sewage treatment plants, nursing homes
- Main distribution backbone - main distribution feeder aka main stem
- Largest customer count - i.e. the greatest number of outages restored
- Nested outages - an outage within an outage
- Outage duration - all things equal, customer out longest restored first
Reaching out to the community
- Three community shelters available
Bitter Lake Community Center
13035 Linden Avenue North |
Phone: 206 684-7524 |
Delridge Community Center
4501 Delridge Way S.W. |
Phone: 206 684-7423 |
Rainier Community Center
4600 38th Ave. South |
Phone: 206 386-1919 |
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- All of 200 Code 1 customers - those are customers who have self-identified to us that they are on a medical support system were contacted.
- Employees have been out in the neighborhoods since Saturday morning distributing leaflets - so far, 20,000 leaflets - including safety information and locations of shelters. We are out again today.
- Call us an report an outage: 684-7400
Call us to report a downed power line or emergency: 684-3000
Phones are staffed 24/7 and there are 94 Customer Service Representatives available
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Seattle City Light is a publicly owned utility dedicated to exceeding our customers' expectations in producing and delivering low cost, reliable power in an environmentally responsible and safe way. We are committed to delivering the best customer service experience of any utility in the nation.
Seattle City Light
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Customer Service
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Call (206) 684-3000
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