Western Washington power outages: about 3,100 PSE customers out on November 8
About 3,100 Puget Sound Energy customers were without electricity around 3 p.m. Pacific on November 8, KIRO Newsradio reported. The figure covered Kitsap, Thurston, Pierce and King counties. PSE said earlier that crews were restoring service and assessing damage after strong overnight winds.
Status of this incident
Partial / reduced supply
Last known status: partly restored · KIRO Newsradio reported about 3,100 PSE customers without power around 3 p.m. Pacific on November 8.
Source moment: Nov 8, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC (03:00 PM local time)
In 20 seconds
FOX 13 Seattle reported 7,713 PSE customers without power at 10 a.m. and about 4,100 at 12:45 p.m. Pacific.
FOX 13 Seattle separately reported 6,783 Seattle City Light customers without power in King County at 10 a.m. Pacific.
The exact start of the outages and when all customers regained power remain unverified.
What Puget Sound Energy reported
At 9 a.m. Pacific time, Puget Sound Energy said crews were restoring power and teams were assessing damage after the overnight winds. The utility said it would add estimated restoration times to its outage map as those estimates became available.
FOX 13 Seattle cited PSE’s outage map for the morning and midday figures. KIRO Newsradio’s later figure also covers PSE customers. These are snapshots from different times on November 8. The afternoon figure still showed interruptions in four counties.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- PSE customers without power around 3 p.m. Pacific
- About 3,100, as reported by KIRO Newsradio
- Seattle City Light customers without power in King County at 10 a.m. Pacific
- 6,783, as reported by FOX 13 Seattle
Seattle City Light and neighborhood reports
FOX 13 Seattle separately reported that 6,783 Seattle City Light customers in King County were without power at 10 a.m. It named parts of Capitol Hill and Burien. That count covers a different utility and an earlier observation than PSE’s 12:45 p.m. figure. The latest status of the reported Capitol Hill interruption remains unverified.
In its report from the previous day, Westside Seattle said crews had restored power after a major outage near Lincoln Park. The outlet reported that some outages continued near Burien and White Center. A time for full regional restoration remains unverified.
Checking your address
Use your own utility’s outage map to check whether an estimate is available for your address. The power outage essentials guide covers lighting and communications during an interruption. If you are using a battery, the runtime calculator can help estimate how long it will support your devices.