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April 11-13 Outage Information

Outage update – April 13, 5:30 p.m.

We expect to have power restored to all customers tonight. There may be some outages that we are not aware of, so if you do not have power by 9:00 p.m., please call us at 503-397-1844 to let us know. Thank you all for your patience and understanding during this challenging weather.

Outage update – April 13, 9:30 a.m.

Our crews and those helping from other agencies remain focused on working as quickly and safely as possible to get power on for as many people as possible. Thank you for your support and patience.

Outage update – April 13, 7:30 a.m.

A crew from Eugene Water and Electric Board worked through the night with the assistance of two of our field engineers. We are down to 23 outages affecting 246 customers. Our crews started back up at 5:00 a.m. this morning, and we still have a crew here from Forest Grove helping in the restoration effort.

Map Key:
Orange = 101-500 customers out
Yellow = 11-100
Green = 2-10
Blue = 1

Outage update – April 12, 5:30 p.m.

Currently, we have about 440 customers out of power. This will be our final update today. Our crews plan to work until around 8:30 tonight, at which time they will go home for a well-deserved rest. They’ve been working more than 40 hours straight. They’ll be back ready to go at 5:00 a.m. Wednesday to continue working on restoration efforts. Meanwhile, a mutual aid crew from Eugene Water and Electric Board will continue to work overnight. We know some people will be without power again tonight and we understand it’s frustrating. If you can make arrangements for tonight, please do so. Thank you once again for your patience and understanding.

Map Key
Red = 500+ customers out
Orange = 101-500
Yellow = 11-100
Green = 2-10
Blue = 1

Outage update – April 12, 3:30 p.m.

A crew from Eugene Water and Electric Board is coming to help us in our restoration efforts. Crews continue to work on restoring power as quickly and safely as they can. They are continuing to encounter downed trees and downed power lines. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

Outage update – April 12, 1:30 p.m.

We have received several calls from customers whose power has come back on for a short time and then gone out again. This is likely from what’s known as ‘cold load pickup.’ Once power is restored, the system is overloaded and a fuse is blown. Turning off major appliances, specifically electric furnaces, at the breaker can help prevent this. Once power is restored, wait a while and then turn these appliances back on.

Our crews continue to restore power as quickly and safely as they possibly can to as many people as they can.

Outage update – April 12, 11:30 a.m.

Restoration efforts continue as our crews remain focused on working as quickly and safely as possible to get power on for as many people as possible. Thank you for your support and patience.

Outage update – April 12, 9:30 a.m.

Crews continue to work on restoring power to as many people as they can as quickly as they can. They have been working for more than 30 hours straight. They are continuing to deal with a large number of downed trees and downed power lines, which makes restoration efforts a slow process. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Outage update – April 12, 7:30 a.m.

Crews made good progress overnight. We still have about 1,000 customers out. A lot of the outages left are smaller outages, so it could be a slow process restoring power to all customers. A crew from Forest Grove arrived last night around 9:30 p.m. and worked through the night. Crews are continuing to work today.

Please remember if you see downed power lines, stay away from them.

Outage update – April 11, 6:30 p.m.

This will be our final social media update tonight, and we are transferring the phones to our answering service. Crews will continue working through the night. As you can see, we still have a lot of trouble spots throughout our service territory. Our next update will be Tuesday morning. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Outage update – April 11, 4:30 p.m.

Our crews have been working since midnight to restore power to our customers. They will continue working through the night and overnight into Tuesday. Unfortunately, because of extensive storm damage, restoration has been a slow process. We have no way of predicting how many customers our crews will be able to restore power to tonight. It is safe to say we will not be able to restore power to everyone tonight. If you can make arrangements to find a warm place to stay, please do so now. This is not easy, and we cannot thank you enough for your understanding and your patience.

Outage update – April 11, 3:30 p.m.

The BPA transmission line feeding our Goble Substation is now energized. We still have a lot of outages. There are a lot of downed power lines and downed trees throughout our service territory. Please stay away from downed lines. If you see one please call us at 503-397-1844.

Outage update – April 11, 11:30 a.m.

Crews are continuing to work diligently on restoring power. We are hearing about more and more trees coming down. We currently have about 4,200 customers without power. Please stay safe and remember to stay away from any downed power lines.

Outage update – April 11, 9:30 a.m.

We have lots and lots of trees down throughout our service territory. These trees have been taking down poles and wires. If you see a downed power line, please STAY AWAY.

April 11, 7:30 a.m.

We have outages throughout our service territory. Heavy snow has knocked down lots of trees and branches. A BPA transmission line feeding our Goble Substation is down. We have crews working to restore power as quickly as we can.