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Mason PUD News
STORM UPDATE - PUD 3 In the Home Stretch in Restoring Power to Customers
(UPDATE at 7:00 PM – May 3, 2010) – Approximately 300 Mason County PUD No. 3 customers are without electricity this evening as linemen strive to repair the damage caused by today’s early spring windstorm. Just over 3,300 customers were without service at one point this morning due to a tree that damaged power lines in the Taylor Towne area south of Shelton.
The remaining areas generally affected by today’s storm and their estimated times of restoration include:
· Philips Lake Loop – 9 PM
· Old Belfair Highway – 9:00 PM
· The immediate vicinity of the damaged utility pole near Highway 101 – 9:00 PM
· Lost Lake – 8 PM
· There are also some customers in the Arcadia Road area that will have their service restored soon.
Mason County PUD No. 3 linemen are working to repair extensive damage to a distribution pole along Highway 101 south of Shelton. As PUD crews replace the damaged pole and lines, southbound motorists are urged to proceed through the area with caution.
The largest impact on customers today was loss of power to two major power lines from the Skookum substation in the Kamilche area. The two circuits lost energy at approximately 11:20 this morning after a tree fell over lines along the southbound lanes of Highway 101 near Taylor Towne. The tree snapped off ten feet of the top of a utility pole and damaged lines in the area. Most customers had service restored by 2:45 PM.
PUD 3 used its redundant system design to switch power from other substations to bring as many customers online as possible while repairs were made to damaged portions of the electricity distribution network.
Meanwhile, electricity was restored at about 1:00 PM to about 130 customers in the Grapeview area after a tree was blown onto PUD power lines. The outage was reported just past 10:00 AM.