Over 6,000 customers in East Pierce County lost power after a raccoon got into a transmission line connecting to a substation Tuesday morning.
Customers across Bonney Lake, Sumner and Puyallup were affected. The transmission line was connected to a substation that serves those areas, Gerald Tracy, spokesperson for Puget Sound Energy, told The News Tribune. He said the raccoon is still alive.
Hey there, Sumner, it looks like quite a few of us are in the dark this morning. Follow @PSETalk outage map for updates and treat dark intersections as 4-way stops. pic.twitter.com/jsSUwHXIon
— Sumner, Washington (@CityOfSumnerWA) April 21, 2026
About 4,153 people did not have power at 8 a.m. in Sumner and Alderton. As of 8:11 a.m., 1,705 customers did not have power in Alderton and power was restored in Sumner…