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Fire Weather Forecasted

Due to current weather forecasts, a Red Flag Warning has been issued for the lower Kittitas Valley and Lower Columbia Basin. As part of PSE’s wildfire safe operations, we are turning on system settings that are more sensitive to potential hazards. These settings will stay in place as long as high wildfire risk conditions are present.

Enhanced Powerline Settings are designed to help keep you safe, but they may result in unplanned power outages. This is not a Public Safety Power Shutoff, where we proactively turn off power in advance of severe weather.

For more information or to report a power outage, visit PSE’s Outage map.

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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.

Report and track power outages online

Have a plan

Keep yourself and your family safe during emergencies resulting from earthquakes, storms and other natural disasters that may cause power outages or interruptions of your energy service.

  • Keep emergency food and supplies on hand. Suggested list.
  • Know how to manually open and close electric doors, such as your garage door.
  • Know how to properly shut off your natural gas and electricity if needed.
  • Create and practice an evacuation plan in case you need to leave your home or business.
  • Prepare to assist your neighbors, people with special needs, the elderly and pets.
  • Have a cellular or corded phone (cordless phones will not work during an outage).
  • Identify an out-of-town contact. Long distance calls may be easier to make than local calls. Someone from out of the area may have an easier time relaying a message.
    • Make sure everyone in your family knows the phone number of your out-of-town or emergency contact and that they have a cell phone, change or a pre-paid phone card.
    • Know how to send a text message which may be able to get around network disruptions when a phone call can't get through.
  • Check out resources around you that provide safety training and preparedness tips:

Safety video by Oak Harbor High School students

Aquarium :60 from WildcatTV on Vimeo.

This video, "Aquarium," was produced in 2013 by Taylor White and Kylee Harris, students at Oak Harbor High School. It is one of 22 safety videos produced by Oak Harbor high students through a project funded by Puget Sound Energy and the Oak Harbor Education Foundation. More videos.