OPALCO Pole Replacement for Orcas Road Re-Alignment
OPALCO is relocating a line of transmission poles along Orcas Road as part of the County’s road re-alignment project. The new poles will be strung with larger transmission wire which … Read more
Construction
Major Power Outage Caused by Car Accident – OPALCO Building New Path for Power
All of Orcas, Shaw, Blakely and some of Lopez island were without power for almost 10 hours after a car accident on Lopez took out a transmission pole at 10:30 … Read more
OPALCO FIBER PROJECT KICKS OFF ON SOUTH SAN JUAN ISLAND – EXPECT SOME TRAFFIC DELAYS
Construction begins on March 20th to install fiber optic cables along Cattle Point Road from Eagle Cove Drive all the way through San Juan National Historical Park to the major … Read more
Olga Road Construction Update for Friday, January 15th
Crews are stopping work just for today and through the weekend along Olga Road through Moran State Park. Vacuum Excavation along Olga Road in Moran State Park The work isn’t … Read more
Expect Delays During Construction on Olga Road through Moran State Park
OPALCO construction activities along Olga Road on Orcas Island, in the vicinity of the south boundary of Moran Park and the one-lane bridge, will limit traffic starting week of January … Read more
OPALCO Improves Reliability with Olga Substation Upgrade
Last week a big package arrived by barge at Obstruction Pass landing: a twelve‐ton transformer for Orcas Power & Light’s Olga Substation. The transformer was delivered to the substation, where it … Read more