Recap of Power Outage on 4/26/19
At ~8:45pm, the power went out on Orcas, Decatur, Blakely and Shaw. OPALCO’s outage team, in concert with BPA, determined there was a fault on BPA’s high-voltage (69kV) system on … Read more
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PLANNED POWER OUTAGE for ORCAS ISLAND
Thursday, October 11 @ 11:30 pm – Friday, October 12 @ 5:30 am Much of Orcas Island will be affected by a planned power outage in order to complete … Read more
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
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 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
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