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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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Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) is available for PSE natural gas customers – renters, homeowners, or businesses – who want to further reduce their carbon footprint by replacing a portion of their conventional natural gas use with renewable natural gas.

Our renewable natural gas comes from organic waste matter right here in Washington that’s been transformed and refined into pipeline quality gas and added to the local energy supply on behalf of participating customers.

Renewable Natural Gas

Enroll in our Renewable Natural Gas program, and help accelerate the transition to a clean energy future by directly supporting the development of locally produced renewable natural gas.

Renewable Batural Gas

Why choose Renewable Natural Gas?

  • Cut your carbon footprint. Add blocks of RNG to reach your carbon reduction goals. With this program, your business can dramatically reduce its carbon footprint by replacing conventional natural gas with renewable natural gas.

  • Simple to sign-up. Blocks of RNG start at just $5 per month. There’s no equipment to install or maintain, and you’ll receive a credit on your bill for the portion of conventional natural gas you choose to replace with renewable natural gas.

  • Drive the demand. Participating in RNG directly supports the development of locally produced renewable natural gas and drives growth in a cleaner energy supply.
  • How Renewable Natural Gas works

    RNG is voluntary for PSE gas customers, and enrollment is easy.

    1. Sign up by choosing a block option to be added to your monthly bill. One block of RNG is just $5 per month. Under Schedules 23 and 31, this is equivalent to 2.758 therms. And for Schedules 41, 85, 86, and 87 it’s equivalent to 2.235 therms.
    2. You’ll receive a small credit on your bill of approximately $1.09 (for Schedules 23 and 31) or $0.88 (for Schedules 41, 85, 86, and 87) per RNG block for the commodity cost of the conventional natural gas that’s been replaced with renewable natural gas.
    3. You can cancel your participating in RNG at any time.

    Download the full Terms and Conditions.

     

  • What is renewable natural gas?

    The decomposition of plant and animal material at solid waste landfills, water treatment plants, livestock farms, food production facilities and more produces a biogas primarily composed of methane.

    This biogas is then upgraded to pipeline quality for use in place of fossil natural gas.

  • Where does PSE’s renewable natural gas come from?

    Our renewable natural gas is produced by Klickitat Public Utility District at the H.W. Hill Renewable Natural Gas facility in Roosevelt, Wash.

    Methane is drawn from a Republic Services landfill, upgraded to pipeline quality, and transported to PSE’s system. The volume of energy produced at Klickitat PUD’s facility is the equivalent of 18 million gallons of gasoline annually.

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Have questions about PSE’s RNG program and how to sign up? Energy Advisors are here to help.

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