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Seattle City Light says electricity customers downtown cut their power usage by about 3 megawatts in response to an energy pinch.
Seattle City Light says electricity customers downtown cut their power usage by about 3 megawatts in response to an energy pinch.
Workers were doing maintenance on two banks of transformers at the Union Street substation on Friday when another two failed. That left the substation with just two of its six transformer banks working.
Peak demand on the substation can reach 100 megawatts, but the substation's capacity was just 80 megawatts. That had utility officials concerned, and they asked downtown customers to cut their power usage to avoid a blackout.
By Friday afternoon four of the six transformer banks were working, ensuring there would be enough power to supply the area over the weekend.
The Union Street substation serves 2400 customers - many of them office towers - over 70 downtown blocks.
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