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March Windstorm Event

Thank you for your patience while we work around the clock to restore power in the community. Crews are out in full force to make repairs to our electric system. We have brought in additional crews to help us assess damage and restore power as quickly and safely as possible.

Intense snowfall today has caused new outages and challenging restoration conditions, including road closures and access issues, in many parts of our service area. Our crews are working through these challenges and will remain at work until every customer is restored. Persistent snowfall is accumulating on trees, leading to repeated branch and tree failures that are blocking established access routes and damaging recently repaired spans of lines. Helicopter patrols remain unavailable because of weather, forcing reliance on foot access where conditions are worsening.

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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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Maintaining a reliable energy system

We know our customers count on us to provide safe and reliable energy. It’s not a responsibility we take lightly. Take a look at the different ways in which we’re working to maintain, upgrade, and modernize our energy infrastructure.

Electric system

PSE crews are hitting the streets every day of the year to provide you with safe and reliable electric service.

Natural gas system

Learn how we maintain and inspect the PSE natural gas system — interconnected across some 2,900 square miles over six counties.

PSE has a comprehensive strategy to improve electric system reliability.



We inspect and trim trees along 2,500-3,000 miles of power lines every year.

Tree trimming program

Nearly 60% of PSE’s electric distribution lines are buried underground.



Installing “tree wire” can reduce branch related outages by more than 95%.



We’re modernizing the grid by investing in new technologies.

Grid modernization

We’re maintaining our infrastructure to better serve our customers.

Current system improvement projects