The Brief
- A power outage stemming from an issue at Tacoma Power’s Pearl substation left nearly 50,000 Pierce County homes without electricity on Friday afternoon.
- Peninsula Light Company reported over 36,000 customers impacted, while Tacoma Public Utilities saw its affected count drop from over 27,000 to approximately 13,316 by 12:20 p.m.
- Officials are investigating the specific cause of the substation issue, and no estimated time for full power restoration has been provided.
TACOMA, Wash. – Utility officials have restored most of the power after a massive outage across Pierce County on Friday afternoon, at one point leaving nearly 50,000 homes without power.
What we know:…