Vehicle Collision Knocks Out Power to Chelan PUD Customers

A power outage impacted several hundred Chelan PUD power customers Wednesday morning in the Monitor area.

Chelan PUD Senior Communication Strategist Rachel Hansen says outage was the result of a traffic accident involving a power pole in the Monitor area about 8:30am

About 550 customers were initially without service but PUD crews had restored power to approximately half of them by 10am.

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Hansen says crews were able to complete repairs and restore service to the remaining homes and businesses by 1:45pm.

Chelan PUD posts updates on service interruptions and outages on the PUD website and outage portal.   Customers experiencing an outage can also call a 24/7 outage line at 877-PUD-8123.