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30,000 people without power in Pierce County after mechanical issue

MyNorthwest.com · last updated

The Peninsula Light Company is restoring power for residents between the Key Peninsula and Gig Harbor areas after a mechanical failure shut down an entire power system.

More than 30,000 people were without power Friday morning when, at 9:25 a.m., PenLight posted that their entire system was out of power due to a mechanical failure.

“PenLight dispatch is working to bring up substations slowly and restore power in sections as to not overload the system,” the Peninsula Light Company stated on X.

To view the full outage map or to report an outage, visit outages.penlightop.org.

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