Brief, widespread West Seattle power interruption

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No, it wasn’t just you. That was a fairly widespread, but brief, power interruption about 15 minutes ago. We’ve heard from people all around the peninsula who experienced it too – from Admiral in the north to at least as far south as here in Upper Fauntleroy – but we haven’t heard from anyone who lost power for more than a moment, and the Seattle City Light map shows only two 1-customer spots in North Delridge (an area where some also heard a possible transformer/fuse boom).

Admiral resident August 29, 2023 (5:47 pm)

Three flickers in a ten second span. Did not lose power in the Admiral District.

Morgan August 29, 2023 (5:49 pm)

Seems like lose power now just whenever it rains.

Joan August 29, 2023 (5:50 pm)

Whew! Not again!!! I did hear a distant boom.

alki resident August 29, 2023 (6:31 pm)

Hit alki Ave too

Catherine August 29, 2023 (6:37 pm)

Big Yellow SCL truck just went down the alley between 48th & 49th Ave. SW from Genessee.

Gill & Alex August 29, 2023 (6:56 pm)

Yep, couple of quick blinks of the lights here south of Roxbury on the west side of White Center as well.

The King August 29, 2023 (7:06 pm)

The amount of registered electric vehicles has roughly doubled since January of 2022, putting the number at around 17%. We can continue to ignore they are straining the grid or have a plan in place. An infrastructure tax along with an alternative fuel tax like propane vehicles have had to pay all these years would be a start

bill August 29, 2023 (8:06 pm)

Get real. A home charging station at most pulls twice the power of an electric clothes drier. In all my life I’ve never heard any pearl-clutching over clothes dryers imperiling the grid.
S August 29, 2023 (8:12 pm)

There already is a tax in place. Owners of electric vehicles pay it every year with vehicle registration renewal.
tonenotvolume August 29, 2023 (9:05 pm)

We pay an annual $150 additional fee for an EV. And please get your facts right before spreading more incorrect information. EV’s accounted for 17.2% of new registrations, not 17% of all vehicles. If you got that from the insideevs article, the writer also needs a refresher course in statistics. That would be about 1 out of every 6 cars. If only that were true! I challenge you to test drive an EV in 2024 and give it an honest appraisal. You’ll “de-ice”.
EVs not ICE August 30, 2023 (9:21 am)

just take a chill pill, stop the fearmongering and do some research. EVs pull the equivalent of a regular oven. most charge overnight when the grid is less stressed and many simply use outside 3rd party chargers and never need to charg at home. i have a feeling you drive a nice big SUV, yes? as an owner of 2 EVS i would never go back to an ice car (horse and buggy).

Sam-c August 29, 2023 (8:01 pm)

Our power flickered too, but about an hour after this story was posted.

Jamie Brewer August 29, 2023 (8:02 pm)

It didn’t even flicker here next to Luna park

RAJR August 30, 2023 (6:42 am)

We thought it was finally our time in the barrel. With the last few power outages, our house has usually (oddly) been spared.Was relieved when everything powered back on a moment later because we were right in the middle of cooking dinner.

Lola August 30, 2023 (7:25 am)

We had our lights flicker then the TV lost connection and had to do its re-start thing for 5 mins. It was when it was raining about 5:30 or so last night. 8.29.23. Was hoping it was not another animal chewing thru some lines like we have been having in WS these past few weeks.

Catherine Kirkwood August 30, 2023 (7:00 pm)

I was outside on my porch and saw over my garage roofline the electricity pole suddenly swaying back and forth, transformer moving loosely. I thought maybe a truck had hit it but there was no sound of impact and no sound of a truck driving off. It was crazy!

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