— from OPALCO.com —
Beginning Sunday morning about 11 a.m., county residents on the north end of Lopez Island, Shaw and the West Side of Orcas up to and including Rosario experienced a power outage. OPALCO crews were dispatched and located the problem by 1:40 p.m. Many were unable to get through on the phones due to heavy call volume.
Shortly after 2 p.m. power was restored to Orcas and Shaw Island. Lopez Island continued to experience an outage around the ferry dock and Pt. Stanley areas until about 7 p.m.
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The outage was caused by a tree falling at a Lopez facilities as per Opalco website