Power Outage 20210208 0922
Power was lost on Orcas and Shaw Island this morning. OPALCO has identified the cause as a tree on the lines and is working to restore power. Some systems have already been restored and we are waiting for power to return to our Access Points serving Lummi Island, Blakely Island, the west side, and sections of Eastsound and North Beach.
UPDATE: Our Access Point that serves the Rosario area has lost power. OPALCO predicts a full restoration time of less than four hours for the Orcas network.
Network Update 01.05.2021
Major Power outages on Orcas have caused network downtime.
As power is restored locations will come back up.
48mph – 57mph gusts are expected through 5 pm this evening.
Outage Update: 12.23.2020
20201223 5:28PM
Power has been restored to Eastpoint. Serving Saturna Island north shore/Eastpoint and North Shore Orcas Island.
20201223 1PM
BC HYDRO crew should be on site at 5PM today.
11:45 AM: A BC Hydro Power outage on Saturna Island has taken down our East Point AP which will affect some Orcas customers on the North Shore.
8:28 AM: A BC Hydro Crew has been assigned to the outage. There is no posted ETA yet.
