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March Windstorm Event

We understand how difficult it is to be without power, and we appreciate your patience. Crews continued to make steady progress overnight. Small pockets of customers remain without power in King County, Greenwater, and Skykomish. The plan for today is to continue to assess damage in difficult access areas and restore power as quickly and safely as possible.

Below are updates and current estimated restoration times for hard-hit areas:

  • In Skykomish, crews continue to work on the electric system that feeds the town from the west. An additional helicopter patrol is scheduled for later in the morning. We expect to have power restored to our Skykomish customers by today, March 15 at 8 p.m.
  • In King County, crews continue to repair damage to the system throughout the morning. We still expect most customers will have their power restored by today, March 15 at 8 p.m.
  • In Greenwater, Highway 410 remains closed and the combination of deep snow and many fallen trees is preventing crews and equipment from accessing damaged electric equipment. Based on current conditions, restoration efforts could go into Monday. Estimated times of restoration will be updated in the PSE outage map as we are able to reassess for any improvement to travel and access during today's early daylight.

Estimated restoration times by region are available at pse.com/alerts. As crews are assigned to a repair job, the specific time for that outage will be added to the outage map.

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HVAC incentive and rebate programs

Incentive grant programs

Major HVAC controls upgrade
Major HVAC Controls

HVAC controls are valuable energy-efficient upgrades that produce significant savings in HVAC system energy usage over time. This program offers incentives for installing three or more energy-efficient control sequences.

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Commercial rebates

Hospitality commercial HVAC incentives
Advanced rooftop controls

An advanced rooftop control unit is a retrofit solution that can cut HVAC energy use up to 70%.

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smart temp
Commercial connected thermostats

Compared to thermostats that aren’t capable of connecting to the internet, connected thermostats can reduce your business’ HVAC energy use by 10-15%.

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heat pump dryer
Ductless heat pumps (for electric resistance conversion)

Switching from electric resistance heating to a ductless heat pump can cut your HVAC energy use up to 50%.

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Occupancy-based thermostat sensors
Occupancy-based thermostat controls

Waste less energy and improve guest comfort by adding occupancy-based thermostat controls to your hotel rooms.

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Packaged terminal heat pumps
Packaged terminal heat pumps (PTHP)

Replacing aging wall units with PTHPs can reduce the amount of energy you use to heat hotel rooms by more than 30% and improve the guest experience.

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PSE offers prescriptive customer rebates through participating distributors for the replacement of large commercial HVAC and commercial natural gas domestic water-heating equipment. See our Midstream page for the breakdown of incentives and participating distributors. We work directly with distributors to make sure high-efficiency equipment is available locally when you need it. Equipment not eligible for a custom retrofit grant includes: air-cooled air conditioners; water-cooled and evaporative-cooled air conditioners; air-cooled heat pumps (greater than 5.4 tons); water-cooled heat pumps; condensing storage and tankless domestic water heaters; and condensing domestic hot water boilers.

Additional options

You can also earn valuable savings when you perform a custom HVAC energy-efficient retrofit at your business site or incorporate energy-efficient HVAC equipment into your new construction plan.

manufactured homes
Custom retrofit grants
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New construction
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