Nearly 50K without power across Pierce County, WA; no ETA for repair
TACOMA, Wash. - Utility officials are investigating a power outage that has left nearly 50,000 homes without power across Pierce County, Washington.
What we know:
Tacoma Public Utilities reported around 12:00 p.m. on Friday that more than 27,000 customers were affected by a power outage, but as of 12:30 p.m. that number dropped to around 13,379. Peninsula Light Company is tracking more than 36,000 without power.
In total, some 49,447 customers are without power across the county, per the county outage map on PowerOutage.com.
Outage map around Pierce County.
According to the Peninsula Light Company, an issue with Tacoma Power's Pearl substation has led to the outage, but the specific cause has not been identified.
Peninsula power is affected because the company uses Tacoma Public Utilities transmission lines to feed power across the water.
What we don't know:
There is no estimated time for power to be turned back on.
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The Source: Information in this story comes from Tacoma Public Utilities and Peninsula Light Company.