Power Line Clearing Work in Progress
OPALCO tree trimming crews are at work throughout San Juan County clearing vegetation from around power lines for safety and to prevent outages this coming winter. This work is part … Read more
Lineworkers
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
July 10th is Line Worker Appreciation Day
OPALCO’s team of line workers keep the lights on for more than 11,300 co-op members on 20 islands in San Juan County. That is no small task! Governor Jay Inslee … Read more
OPALCO Linemen Work Dark to Dark to Bring Back the Light
55 MPH Winds Sweeps Power Outages Across San Juan Islands Sunday, November 26th was a long day for OPALCO linemen, engineers and staff members. A big wind storm knocked down … Read more
WIND STORM TAKES POWER OUT FOR 6,000+ CO-OP MEMBERS: OPALCO CREWS RESOLVE OUTAGES QUICKLY
Big winds hit the islands on Tuesday, May 23rd leading to a number of power outages in the islands. The largest outage occurred on San Juan Island when a tree … Read more
LINEMAN OKAY AFTER ELECTRICAL ARC CAUSED POWER OUTAGE IN EASTSOUND
Today’s outage in the Eastsound area was caused when an arc occurred during a system maintenance project in the Eastsound Village area. Journeyman Lineman Roger Sandwith was working on energized … Read more