West Seattle power-outage update: ‘Equipment failure’

(Updated screen grab of City Light outage map – click here for a “live” look)
ORIGINAL 4:17 PM REPORT: Just got a note from Eddie, who says they “heard a big explosion … south of Fauntleroy ferry dock,” and are without power. The City Light map says 165 customers in that area are without power, and the cause is listed as “equipment failure,” with hopes of getting the power back by 7 pm. More as we get it.

4:25 PM UPDATE: Now up to 335 customers affected. We’re headed for the Fauntleroy/Endolyne business district to make sure they’re OK. (Update – they are, power IS on in the business district; the map above is from City Light’s website, and suggests the outage area starts just south of there, and is mostly west of 45th/Marine View Drive.)

6:21 PM UPDATE: The City Light map reverted to 165 customers (homes/businesses, though we believe this is all residential) so we’re going with that. It also has changed the restoration estimate to 2 am. And we’re hearing there is a Comcast outage in the area as well.

6:47 AM UPDATE: Still not fixed, according to the SCL map, which is back to the 335-customer estimate, and listing early-afternoon restoration. We’ll be checking directly with the utility’s media team as soon as they’re reachable this morning.

9 Replies to "West Seattle power-outage update: 'Equipment failure'"

  • Glenn September 13, 2011 (9:38 pm)

    I can confirm the Comcast outage. I am on 45th Ave SW, near Roxbury.

  • Connie September 14, 2011 (4:45 am)

    4;41am and power still out south of brace point. Power went out about 10:15, comcast out before that. Trucks on 47th SW at 9:30 pm. Any idea when power will be restored? Does this have anything to do with city light repairing the cables this summer?

  • Connie September 14, 2011 (4:56 am)

    Estimated restoration time: 6:27 am

    • WSB September 14, 2011 (6:41 am)

      Connie – sorry to hear it’s not fixed yet, and now I see the time is pushed back further. We’ll check with City Light’s media team as soon as we can reach them (probably 8:30-9ish) … TR

  • Heidi September 14, 2011 (9:23 am)

    Any news? We’ve been offline with comcast since yesterday afternoon. 94th and California.

    • WSB September 14, 2011 (9:51 am)

      Waiting for word back from SCL. Will publish a new story when I get the update. – TR

  • Jill September 14, 2011 (9:52 am)

    Update? Still no power at 51st SW, south of Ferry.

    • WSB September 14, 2011 (10:08 am)

      Just got the info. They’re now saying 2 pm. I also have some context on what caused it, separate story in about 10 minutes

  • connie September 14, 2011 (11:37 am)

    just called City Light Status and was told that I was no longer in an area of outage. So, perhaps the power is back on?

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