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 Seattle City Light
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Outages cut power to more than 5000 |
For Immediate Release:
7/19/2008 2:36:00 PM |
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Power Outage in Shoreline Area and U-District
SEATTLE - Power outages in the Shoreline area and the University District/Wallingford areas have disrupted electric service to approximately 5,197 customers this afternoon.
The first outage, which happened just before 2 p.m., occurred when crews, working on high-voltage transmission lines, dropped a line onto distribution lines below, causing two feeders to fail. Crews are on the scene and making repairs with an estimated restoration time of about 4 p.m. today. About 3,853 customers are without power.
Boundaries of the outage on one line are: north: N.E. 120th St.; south: N.100th St.; east: 11 Ave. N.E.; west: Fremont Ave. N.
Boundaries for the second line affected are: north: N.E. 114th St.; south: N.E. 95th St.; east: 8th Ave. N.E.; west: Fremont Ave. N.
In addition, there is an outage in the University/Wallingford area near I-5 affecting 1,050 customers. The outage happened at 2:12 p.m. this afternoon. The boundaries are: north: 62nd St.; south: 45th St.; east: 5th Ave. N.E.; west: 6th Ave. N.W. The cause and the restoration time for this outage are unknown at this time.
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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.
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