PLANNED POWER OUTAGE OCTOBER 15TH
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
Engineering and Operations
Power Outage on Shaw, Orcas and Crane Islands Resolved Quickly
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
OPALCO Crew Helps with Move of Salvaged House
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
OPALCO Line Crew Trains in Pole-Top Rescue
OPALCO’s line crew is one of the best-trained in the region. In addition to the statewide three-year apprentice program requirements, OPALCO apprentices are required to spend their first year as a … 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