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Update: Power restored to over 800 residents after Pierce County power outage

Update: Power has been restored on Fox Island, Peninsula Light Company posted on social media at 6:42 pm.

Initial post: Over 800 are without power on Fox Island, according to Peninsula Light Co.

Peninsula Light Co. posted about the outage on their X account at 5:34 p.m. Monday.

Crews have been dispatched and Peninsula Light Co. will “report back with details as we learn more,” the post said.

According to a map of PenLight outages, there are 909 meters currently out of power as of 6 p.m. Peninsula Light Co. serves 35,799 meters, according to the map. The southern and western areas of the island are impacted by the outage.

Britni Wickens, spokesperson for PenLight, told The News Tribune she didn’t have further information. WIckens said updates will be posted to social media as soon as they are available.

909 meters are affected by a power outage in the western and southern areas of Fox Island Aug. 12.
909 meters are affected by a power outage in the western and southern areas of Fox Island Aug. 12. Peninsula Light Co. Power Outage Map

This story was originally published August 12, 2024 at 6:31 PM.

Julia Park
The News Tribune
Julia Park is the Gig Harbor reporter at The News Tribune and writes stories about Gig Harbor, Key Peninsula, Fox Island and other areas across the Tacoma Narrows. She started as a news intern in summer 2024 after graduating from the University of Washington, where she wrote for her student paper, The Daily, freelanced for the South Seattle Emerald and interned at Cascade PBS News (formerly Crosscut).
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