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March Windstorm Event

Thursday, March. 12, 2026 – 6 a.m.

Damaging winds overnight have caused outages around our service area, with Kitsap, North King, South King and Skagit counties being hit the hardest. We know how challenging and stressful it can be to lose power, especially when temperatures are forecasted to be low.

Our crews have been working hard since the windy weather rolled in, and they will continue to work until all customers are restored.

When is my power coming back on?

We know that you need information to make plans. To provide accurate restoration times, we need to assess the extent of the damage and what repairs need to be made. Damage assessment starts as soon as it's safe for our teams to be in the field. As crews work through neighborhoods, they may discover additional damage that must be repaired. We will set estimated restoration times once we have an initial assessment of damage.

Visit PSE’s Alerts and Advisories page for information on our response efforts: pse.com/alerts.

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Safety first. Never touch or go within 35 feet of downed power lines because they might be energized. Call PSE at 1-888-225-5773 or 911 to report problems.

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2023 Lower Snake River Wind Expansion RFP

PSE currently owns and operates the 157 MW Hopkins Ridge wind energy facility in Columbia County near the city of Dayton, Washington, and the 343 MW Lower Snake River wind energy facility in Garfield County near the city of Pomeroy, Washington. PSE holds additional wind project development rights in both Columbia and Garfield Counties over approximately 67,000 acres of privately owned land, and electric system interconnection rights with the Bonneville Power Administration (“BPA”) up to 640 MW.

In 2022, PSE restarted planning efforts to expand its Lower Snake River wind facility up to the limit of its current development rights, and now seeks proposals from qualified parties to complete the design, layout, engineering, procurement, and construction of the expanded facility to help achieve the targets laid out under the Clean Energy Transformation Act (“CETA”).

PSE filed the draft voluntary LSR expansion RFP with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (“WUTC”) on May 5, 2023, in docket UE-230337, which includes the permitting, technical, operational, and submittal requirements for the project.

Updates to the schedule and documents will be published below, as well as sent to stakeholders. For additions to the LSR RFP stakeholder distribution list, contact LSRRFP@pse.com.

Stakeholders should note that PSE issued an All-Source RFP on June 30, 2021. Consistent with WAC 480-107-009(4), PSE will ensure responses from this RFP are evaluated consistently with the methodology established for the All-Source RFP to produce an optimal electric supply portfolio.

The following estimated schedule is subject to adjustment based on the actual pace of the evaluation process. More information on the Voluntary LSR expansion RFP process and timeline will be provided throughout the process.