Kennewick — Mylar balloons that became tangled in a substation caused a power outage for less than an hour late Thursday morning in Kennewick.
Power has been restored to about 2,500 customers, said Benton PUD spokeswoman Karen Miller.
This is not the first time the foil balloons have caused problems, she said.
The outage was mostly in the Clearwater Avenue area between Union Street and Highway 395.
Benton PUD customers should call 888-582-2176 to report outages.
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A power outage Wednesday night across Pierce County caused traffic gridlock throughout Lakewood as the city’s traffic signals dimmed, according to police.
Service was restored as of 5:51 p.m. to 1.040 Idaho Power customers in an outage that stretched north and south from Ustick Road to Franklin Road, and west to east between Cole and Maple Grove roads.
The cause of the outage was unclear, but the company suspects strong winds played a role.
About 1,000 Lakewood residents face not having power restored tonight after a pole fire that caused power outages across Pierce County.
A downed power line caused some north Richland residents to lose power Friday morning.
The outage also affected some street and traffic lights along George Washington Way, city officials reported. Line crews restored power to all customers by 11:45 a.m., the city reported.
BELLINGHAM - Businesses in central Fairhaven had sporadic power problems during a nearly three-hour outage Wednesday morning, Jan. 9.
About 45 customers were affected by the outage, which appears to have been caused by a failure in underground cables in the area, according to Puget Sound Energy spokeswoman MacKenzie McDowell. It was unclear what caused the failure.
Power went out at about 9 a.m. and returned at about 11:45 a.m., leaving many businesses with only partial power in between.
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