San Juan Island Planned Power Outage Overnight 05/25
Starting Thursday, May 25 @ 11:45 pm until 5 am on May 26th All of San Juan Island will be affected by a planned power outage necessary for the OPALCO … Read more
Engineering and Operations
Tree Trimming Around Power Lines is Critical for Wildfire Prevention
Wildfires are a regular threat to our built and natural environments. According to the Seattle Times[1], in 2020, Washington was second only to California in the number of acres burned … Read more
Local Apprentices Become Journeymen Lineworkers: Keeping the Lights on for the Next Generation of Islanders!
Ken Bair and Rio Black, both graduates from San Juan Island High Schools, started as apprentices for OPALCO’s crew in 2019. They will become full Journeymen in February 2023. Becoming … Read more
Meet Kai Burleson, Journeyman Lineman
Kai Burleson is a Lopez High School graduate and has been a Journeyman Lineman since 2008 after a four-year apprenticeship with OPALCO. Kai is the Lopez Island Substation Technician and … Read more
Islanders Brace Through Second County-wide Outage on Christmas Eve
At 8:30 am on Saturday, December 24, all of San Juan County lost power again – after experiencing a county wide outage only the day before. An OPALCO engineer happened … Read more
Extreme Winter Weather Leads to County-wide ~10-hour Power Outage
Just before 5 pm on Thursday, December 22, as temperatures dipped into the low 20s, a mainland electrical feeder serving San Juan County lost power. Shortly after the power went … Read more