12/24 County wide power outage
Starting about 8:35 am San Juan County begin experiencing a County wide outage.
Refer to http://OPALCO.com for more details.
12/23 Network is UP
Thanks to Stu and his companion. They were able to get up to the side of the mountain in 2ft of snow and a drizzle to replace parts and get the connection back up.
Hope all of you have a Merry Christmas!!
12/23 Repair Team on way
Our repair has begun the trek to the broadcast location. If all goes well things should begin passing traffic around 3:45PM
12/23 Power Outage Resolved
Power was generally restored to the county around 2:30AM. Most of the systems came back up. We are working to enable internet on about 3 sites.
Primary Concern is the WrightRD area serving Bartell and Rossell Lane areas. There is a power supply unit that has failed. A hard to get to location means we will be trying to hike in to the site and affect repairs. The road is not passable at this time.
12/22 outage update
From OPALCO website
12/22 @ 6:25 The Puget Sound Energy team has identified the issue and are in route to fix the problem. The restoration time is greater than 4 hours.
5:45 PM – The BPA and PSE crews on the mainland are responding and investigating the issue and working to make the necessary repairs. No restoration time yet. Please consider turning off most of your lights and heat so that when we do start restoring power there won’t be such a big pull on the system.
Power Outage in San Juan County – 12/22/22
4:59 pm The power has gone out across San Juan County. Our automatic office generator and broadcast tower batteries are currently in operation across most of our network. We expect battery life to last between 2-6 hours. We will be monitoring the power situation to ensure our system comes back online when the power is restored.
6:41 pm – Several of our backup power supplies have been depleted, so more of the network will be without service until power is restored to the county. OPALCO estimated the restoration to be greater than 4 hours.
More at: https://www.opalco.com/event/12-22-450-pm-power-outage-san-juan-lopez/
12/22 Lummi Power Restored
Technicians were able to finally get to the remote broadcast system and restore power to devices serving Lummi Island and the east side of Orcas (the Raccoon Pt area). There will be a followup visit to harden the fix later today.
Network Disruption on Orcas – 12/21/22 – RESOLUTION
Our broadcast site that serves central Orcas is coming back online. Equipment at the site had to be reprogrammed, which was somewhat hindered by the weather. Customers should see full restoration of service within the next hour.
Power outage on Orcas – 12/21/22 – ONGOING
We are unable to reach the Lummi/Raccoon Point backhaul site due to the winter conditions. Tomorrow our technicians will attempt to reach the site on foot to see if power can be restored manually.
We deeply apologize for the problems this outage has caused.
Network Disruption on Orcas – 12/21/22
One our broadcast routers that serves central Orcas and parts of Blakely Island has stopped responding. Our techs are currently working on bringing the connection back up.
