PUD Announces Planned Outage in Tokeland

The outage will begin at 8:00 PM on Thursday, June 12th

According to the press release: The Grays Harbor Public Utility District is notifying customers in Tokeland, of a planned power outage that will impact roughly 100 customers. The outage will begin at 8:00 PM on Thursday, June 12th and is expected to last until 2:00 AM on Friday, June 13th. The impacted areas will be in downtown Tokeland from 2999 Kindred Ave, south to the end of the line. This will include the remainder of Kindred Ave from #2999 to #3269, and all customers south of 2999 Kindred, which will include customers on Wheeler Ave, Emerson Ave, Fisher Ave, North St, Front Ln, and 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Streets. Impacted customers will receive notification phone calls from the PUD leading up to the outage.

In preparation for this outage, customers are advised to take precautions with any electronic equipment such as computers, televisions, and microwaves by unplugging those items. You should leave them disconnected until after the power has been fully restored.

The outage duration of six hours is only an estimate and power could be restored at any time as work is completed. Therefore, it is not safe to do electrical work or repairs during that period.

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