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300 In Bellevue Without Power; PSE Releases Estimated Restoration Date
Hundreds of Bellevue residents were still without power Wednesday morning after the recent snowstorm.
BELLEVUE, WA - More than 300 Bellevue Puget Sound Energy customers were still without power Wednesday morning as crews continued to chip away at power outages caused by this week's snowstorm.
According to Puget Sound Energy's outage map, there are close to 20 outages scattered across the city. Some outages are as small as one resident, and the larger centralized ones are between 30 and 40 customers.
Statewide, there were still over 6,000 PSE customers without power Wednesday - down from hundreds of thousands after the Monday snowstorm.
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PSE has said that the repair process has been slow due to the nature of the outages. There were hundreds of outages scattered across the state, and many were hard to reach due to road conditions.
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Since the storm began, power has been restored to more than 248k customers. Crews will continue working through the night to restore power. pic.twitter.com/PZ9NiuBhfH
— Puget Sound Energy (@PSETalk) February 8, 2017
The utility has said that the last person in north King County - meaning areas above Renton - should have power back by Thursday night.
Est restoration time for the *last* customer in No. King Co. (north of Renton) is Thurs. 2/9 @ 8pm. Most customers will be restored earlier.
— Puget Sound Energy (@PSETalk) February 8, 2017
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