PGE service restore estimates Not available; 270,000 customers without power Monday morning
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Roadside weeds frozen by the ice storm Friday night and Saturday morning frame filbert trees along Peavine Road.
Portland General Electric, facing an escalation in power outages, has eliminated estimates for restoring power throughout its service area. Those estimates, previously going to midnight Tuesday, now are replaced with, “Not available at this time.”
The utility, serving 7 northwest Oregon counties, reported Monday morning having 1,175 outages affecting 270,105 customers. As of 6:20 a.m. there were 15 transmission lines, 7 substations and 106 feeders out of service, with 4,408 wires down and 206 miles of transmission lines to be repaired. PGE said it has 2,500 people working to restore power.
Update: Tuesday morning PGE reported a reduction of power outages, now at 209,000 accounts. Portland General Electric, facing an escalation in power outages, .
PGE service restore estimates Not available; 270,000 customers without power Monday morning
Rusty Rae/News-Register##
Roadside weeds frozen by the ice storm Friday night and Saturday morning frame filbert trees along Peavine Road.
Portland General Electric, facing an escalation in power outages, has eliminated estimates for restoring power throughout its service area. Those estimates, previously going to midnight Tuesday, now are replaced with, “Not available at this time.”
The utility, serving 7 northwest Oregon counties, reported Monday morning having 1,175 outages affecting 270,105 customers. As of 6:20 a.m. there were 15 transmission lines, 7 substations and 106 feeders out of service, with 4,408 wires down and 206 miles of transmission lines to be repaired. PGE said it has 2,500 people working to restore power.