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We understand it has been a long day for those customers who remain without power, and we want to update you on the progress our crews have made today.

Damage assessment along with ongoing restoration has been our priority. Our teams have been working around the clock to restore power as quickly and safely as possible, and we’ve made significant progress. As crews complete restoration in one area, we immediately dispatch them to the next hard-hit location where customers need power restored.

Most customers in King County will be restored by Thursday morning, with the exception of customers in Duvall, Skykomish and Snoqualmie Pass. Those areas have access issues that complicate restoration efforts – some of these customers are experiencing extended outages as flooding and other conditions continue to prevent crews from working safely.

In Thurston and Pierce counties, we have made steady progress. In Pierce we are challenged by difficult working conditions and flooded areas. We continue to make progress in both counties, and many customers will have power restored tonight; however, some customers will continue to have extended restoration times. We will continue to work through the night to provide an estimated time of restoration to those customers who will not be restored overnight.

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Green Direct is no longer accepting new customers
There are currently no plans to expand Green Direct. However, interested customers can contact their account manager to be added to future marketing lists.

As our region’s corporations and municipalities seek to reduce their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, they are also seeking to add renewable power to their energy portfolio. To meet this need, PSE created Green Direct, a renewable energy program specifically designed to meet our customer demand.

Green Direct is a ground-breaking program designed to provide PSE corporate and governmental customers the ability to purchase 100 percent of their energy from a dedicated, local, renewable energy resource, while providing them with a stable, cost-efficient solution.

This program furthers PSE’s deep decarbonization goals and accelerates the move toward cleaner electricity by 2045, as called for in Washington’s Clean Energy Transformation Act.

Green Direct Projects

The first project developed for the Green Direct program is the Skookumchuck Wind Facility. Construction began in 2019 and the project went into operation November 2020. It can produce up to 137 megawatts (MW) of wind energy—equivalent to powering 30,000 homes.

The project, owned by Southern Power, is located on Weyerhaeuser timber land, located in Lewis and Thurston counties. It is the first large-scale wind project located in Western Washington; and the first in the state to be located on working forest land.

The second Green Direct project is Lund Hill Solar. Construction began in 2019 and the project went into operation in December 2022. It is the largest solar installation in Washington and is capable of generating approximately 375,000 MWh of solar energy every year. 

Lund Hill Solar was developed by Avangrid Renewables, and is located in Klickitat County outside of Glendale, WA on a mix of land leased from private landowners and the Washington Department of Natural Resources, the state’s first solar power land lease.

All 41 total customers in the program, with 18 additional customers added in March 2021, are receiving renewable power generated from a mix of these resources in Washington.

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