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March Windstorm Event 

Thursday, March. 12, 2026 - 6 p.m.

We appreciate our customers’ patience today! Crews are working tirelessly to restore power as quickly and safely as possible, with power restored to nearly 90% of customers.

Work will continue around the clock until power is restored to all customers. While field crews report significant progress, they are still encountering significant issues in Skykomish and Greenwater.

In Skykomish, crew work is focused on the westside, where there are major points of damage on the system. Work is ongoing to make repairs. It will take into Friday to identify the rest of the damage points, and then time to fix it. This is complicated by remote terrain and heavy snow coming into the area could further slow patrols. At this point, we do not have an estimated time of restoration but anticipate it could be into the weekend. We have multiple crew resources working in the area to try to restore power as soon as possible.

In Greenwater, crews are working to restore the transmission line. While the repairs are being done on transmission, crews will start patrols on the distribution system. We do not have an estimated time of restoration until these patrols can be more fully completed.

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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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Job Modifications

When medical issues limit an employee’s ability to work, job modifications may be available. Job modifications include reasonable accommodations and transitional duty. Employees who are able to keep working continue earn their full rate of pay and benefits.

Reasonable accommodations

Modifications to the work environment or how the job is performed that enable the employee with medical restrictions to effectively perform the required duties of their regular job.

Transitional duty

A time-limited removal of job functions the employee is medically unable to perform. Transitional duty may be available to employees whose medical restrictions are less than two months in duration. Note that this time limit does not apply to restrictions resulting during pregnancy.

There are two types of transitional duty:

  • Restricted work
    The short-term elimination of job functions the employee is unable to perform due to short-term medical restrictions
  • Alternative work
    Duties that are not part of the employee’s regular body of work. This work may be performed outside of the employee’s department. For employees with medical issues that are not covered by a workers’ compensation claim, please note that time away from an employee’s regular job is counted as short term disability. This applies to alternative work assignments (paid at 100%) as well as being off work (paid at 80%) as the wages are paid by the Human Resources Department, not the employee’s cost center.

Employees may be able to benefit from reasonable accommodations or transitional duty. Puget Sound Vocational Services is available to provide more information about the process, help identify job modification possibilities, and facilitate the necessary arrangements.

Employees are eligible for these services when temporary or permanent physical, sensory, or mental impairments substantially limit job performance. Employees are also eligible if medical documentation indicates the impairment is likely to become substantially limiting if not accommodated.

Solutions Northwest may be reached by calling the general number (425) 628-0350, via email at psereferral@solutionsnw.com.

Employees are encouraged to bring the following forms to their health care provider and have them faxed directly to Solutions Northwest at (360) 866-4773.

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