Tacoma Power customers without power

UPDATE 3: 15,000 Tacoma Power customers at of power. More 600 something in Browns Point. 

UPDATE 2: 

Ice on trees and branches continues to cause outages in Tacoma Power’s service area. About 7,450 customers are without power in these areas:  

• 1,150 customers in the area around Franklin Pierce High School
• 1,500 customers in the area around Curtis High School
• 2,200 customers in University Place, near University Place Primary
• 2,600 customers in University Place around Bridgeport Way and Cirque Drive

UPDATE 1: All but about 2,000 of Tacoma Power’s customers in south Pierce County who didn’t have power this morning now have service. A tree in the lines caused the outage and crews are working on clearing it to return service to the remaining customers, most of whom live in the Graham area.

About 640 customers in the Brown’s Point area lost power around 8 a.m. because of a tree on the line. Crews are working to clear the tree and restore service. The outage area includes Marine View Drive to Brown’s Point Boulevard and 21st Avenue NE to 40th Avenue NE.

Another 2,600 customers are affected by an outage in Tacoma from 51st Street W to 40th Street W, 67th Avenue W to Orchard Street, and 67th Avenue W from 35th Street W to Chambers Creek Road W. Crews are headed that way to determine the problem and fix it.    

From Tacoma Power: 

History repeats itself. The Canyon/LaGrande power line, the same transmission line that went out last night is down again, which means more than 24,000 homes are without power again.

Tacoma Power crews are patrolling the line. The most likely cause is a fallen tree.  We will fix the problem as soon as we can and will send media updates when we have more information.