LAKE STEVENS — The Snohomish County Public Utility District expects all customers affected by last week’s bomb cyclone to have power restored by Tuesday night.
As of Monday afternoon, 99% of customers who’d lost power in the storm had their power back. Less than 650 customers were still without power, mostly east of Lake Stevens and around Lake Roesiger. At the height of the storm, 135,000 customers across Snohomish County and Camano Island lost power.
A single pole repair can take over eight hours, often longer when damage is in a heavily wooded area, said Snohomish PUD spokesperson Aaron Swaney. The utility replaced more than 120 electrical poles from storm damage.
Puget Sound Energy had over 5,500 customers without power, mostly east of Seattle, as of Monday afternoon. Seattle City Light had 11 customers without power.
Some of the damage was the worst crews have seen in decades, with the exception of a November 2022 storm that left 200,000 without power, Swaney said.
Crews have been assigned to all remaining repair jobs.
“Thankfully we’ve got a ton of help from our mutual aid crews from across the state,” Swaney said. The PUD recruited 19 crews from fellow Washington utilities.
The National Weather Service predicts mild winter weather through the week, with a chance of rain every day in Everett.
Eliza Aronson: 425-339-3434; eliza.aronson@heraldnet.com; X: @ElizaAronson. Eliza’s stories are supported by the Herald’s Environmental and Climate Reporting Fund.
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