Power outage shuts down Coupeville

About 2,700 Puget Sound Energy customers around Coupeville lost power for about an hour Wednesday morning.

About 2,700 Puget Sound Energy customers around Coupeville lost power for about an hour Wednesday morning. Power went out around 8:30 a.m., said Lindsey Walimake, Puget Sound Energy spokeswoman.The outage was caused by a failed piece of electrical equipment that caused the distribution circuit to trip off, she said.Power was restored in two phases. At 9:25 a.m., power was restored to 1,000 customers and then the remaining 1,700 customers had power restored at around 9:40 a.m., Walimake said.

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