99% of Snohomish PUD customers have power back

LAKE STEVENS — The Snohomish County Public Utility District expects all customers affected by last week’s bomb cyclone to have power restored by Tuesday night.

As of Monday afternoon, 99% of customers who’d lost power in the storm had their power back. Less than 650 customers were still without power, mostly east of Lake Stevens and around Lake Roesiger. At the height of the storm, 135,000 customers across Snohomish County and Camano Island lost power.

A single pole repair can take over eight hours, often longer when damage is in a heavily wooded area, said Snohomish PUD spokesperson Aaron Swaney. The utility replaced more than 120 electrical poles from storm damage.

Puget Sound Energy had over 5,500 customers without power, mostly east of Seattle, as of Monday afternoon. Seattle City Light had 11 customers without power.

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