The OPALCO engineering department and line crew have made significant improvements to the Olga Substation and the lines out to Deer Point and Obstruction Pass on Orcas Island. Residents in those … Read more
The power went out for most of San Juan County on Monday, December 6th at 11:27 am. OPALCO engineers used their SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system to pinpoint possible faults and … Read more
The winds blew in gusts up to 40 mph, temperatures were in the teens and OPALCO linemen worked all through the night to track down multiple power outages and restore power … Read more
All of Shaw Island and most of Orcas Island (except east of Olga Artworks, Obstruction to Eagle Lake) will experience a power outage beginning at midnight on Friday, October 15, 2010 … Read more
At 2:15 pm on Friday, May 28, 2010, the power went out on all of Shaw, Orcas and Crane Islands after a fault occurred on a submarine cable that runs from … Read more
On the morning of December first, OPALCO cleared the lines so that a 1912 Craftsman bungalow, originally from the Seattle area, could make the last leg of its journey to Olga … Read more