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Hundreds of Puget Sound Energy customers without power in Thurston County

By Lisa Pemberton

Updated December 27, 2016 11:34 AM

Staff file: As the region cleans up from what was originally forecast to be a weekend storm of potentially historic proportions, there still was enough punch to keep Puget Sound Energy crews busy, such as this downed tree in the 3800 block of Lemon Road NE,which toppled over on Saturday, Oct. 16. Crews were busy on Tuesday morning restoring power for hundreds of homes that went dark on Monday night after high winds knocked down trees and vegetation causing power outages reported in areas throughout Western Washington, including hundreds of Thurston County homes. Steve Bloom Staff photographer

Nearly 1,500 Puget Sound Energy customers in Western Washington were without power early Tuesday, according to the utility.

Some of the outages were due to downed trees or vegetation; other outages were under investigation.

As of 6 a.m., Puget Sound energy was reporting outages that affected about 200 customers on Olympia’s west side. Those homes went dark at about 8 p.m., and power is expected to be restored by 9:30 a.m. according to Puget Sound Energy’s outage map.

Meantime, crews are on the scene in the South Bay and North Olympia area where nearly 100 customers are without power. Power could return those areas by 7 a.m.

Power outages also were reported near Summit Lake, Lake Lawrence and several dozen homes south of Yelm, with restoration times ranging from 6 to 11 a.m.

Lisa Pemberton: 360-754-5433, @Lisa_Pemberton

This story was originally published December 27, 2016 at 6:01 AM with the headline "Hundreds of Puget Sound Energy customers without power in Thurston County."

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