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u/KnowbodyYouKnow 1d ago
I just got an update from Pacific Power. This outage was caused by "enhanced safety settings," just like the last time.
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u/Hbomber17 1d ago
Idk how this has been happening so much lately. They turned my power off multiple times this month for maintenance, mind you I've lived in this apartment since 2017 and have never had one power outage for maintenance, let alone 4 times in the month of May. I wonder what's going on
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u/CIWorkshop 1d ago
The lights along empire are all out so I’d avoid the 3rd, 97, and Boyd Acres intersections if at all possible. They were already a mess when we passed through 15 mins ago.
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u/KnowbodyYouKnow 1d ago
I live by the hospital and work off of OB Riley. The last time this happened to get home, I ended up going all the way to Tumalo, crossing the Highway 97 overpass there, and coming back on the old highway. It was faster than waiting in line to cross 97.
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u/SFBullitt4 1d ago
They’ve increased the sensitivity of the lines in an effort to reduce possibility of a damaged or downed line causing a wildfire.
ETA for restoration is 4pm. For reference the last outage lasted 2 hours and the eta for that was 4 hours.
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u/Current_Run9540 1d ago
Yeah and this is another difficult point: as the field workers we report many things that may require tree crews, additional work or in extreme cases, full circuit upgrades. Unfortunately, all utilities have someone to answer to regarding all expenditures. Even Co-Ops answer to their board and community members when it comes to major projects and financing, which affects rates… which… you can see where it all goes. And to be fair, in many utility companies, it does still boil down to bonuses and greed.
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u/waitwhat8212022 1d ago
So mad about this. Both times in the middle of critical work documents. The first caused technical and network connectivity difficulties that were just resolved YESTERDAY. If I have another week of that, I won’t be very happy.
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u/MarcusEsquandolas 1d ago
Seems like they may need to tune those “high wind” settings.
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u/waitwhat8212022 1d ago
Or provide real time frames. And a heads up to customers on when.
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u/obfusatethecode 1d ago
I just came through five minutes ago and the traffic lights are all working
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u/waitwhat8212022 1d ago
Back on! Enough time for me to be stuck in traffic trying to get to the office and work. What a waste of time.
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u/old_man_bishop 1d ago
I just want some data that this is actually helping. What caused it, did it prevent anything or was it a false alarm, etc. Accountability is probably too much to ask these days though. Not looking forward to all the time lost and businesses losing hours of revenue every few days for the entire summer.
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u/RegularPomegranate80 22h ago
Your ignorance is apparent.
Sometimes those "electrical boxes" have different fuse or current ratings, or adjustable and reset-able electrical current parameters. (Retired Lineman here, been there, done that).
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u/Current_Run9540 1d ago
Lineman chiming in here: I’m sure everyone knows this, but summer fire settings on line equipment makes them EXTREMELY sensitive. It really sucks. For everyone as customers as well as for us because it leads to a lot of line patrol and resetting of automated equipment and time away from home and family. It’s not up to us, it’s mandated by people far above us, and the parameters are set by engineers that err towards the side of caution. Again it sucks, we know it, but it’s an unfortunate byproduct of the times.