OPALCO LINEMEN REPAIR CABLE IN CASCADE LAKE
A TEAM of linemen from Eastsound repaired an underwater cable that failed in Cascade Lake on Sunday, May 15th. Power was quickly rerouted from the Olga substation to serve those … Read more
Engineering and Operations
OPALCO MAKES IMPROVEMENTS TO OLGA SUBSTATION
The OPALCO engineering department and line crew have made significant improvements to the Olga Substation and the lines out to Deer Point and Obstruction Pass on Orcas Island. Residents in those … Read more
POWER OUTAGE CAUSED BY BPA EQUIPMENT FAILURE
The power went out for most of San Juan County on Monday, December 6th at 11:27 am. OPALCO engineers used their SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system to pinpoint possible faults and … Read more
OPALCO CREWS WORK ‘ROUND THE CLOCK TO RESTORE POWER
The winds blew in gusts up to 40 mph, temperatures were in the teens and OPALCO linemen worked all through the night to track down multiple power outages and restore power … Read more
PLANNED POWER OUTAGE OCTOBER 15TH
All of Shaw Island and most of Orcas Island (except east of Olga Artworks, Obstruction to Eagle Lake) will experience a power outage beginning at midnight on Friday, October 15, 2010 … Read more
Power Outage on Shaw, Orcas and Crane Islands Resolved Quickly
At 2:15 pm on Friday, May 28, 2010, the power went out on all of Shaw, Orcas and Crane Islands after a fault occurred on a submarine cable that runs from … Read more