Mukilteo citywide blackout

MUKILTEO, Wash., May 16, 2021 – Today at 2:52 p.m. an equipment failure led to a citywide blackout in Mukilteo impacting 10,141 customers.

By 4:12 p.m. power was restored to 93% or 9,463 customers. During the 80-minute citywide blackout in Mukilteo, many residents took the opportunity to hit the trails and/or go on a walk of their neighborhood. Mayor Jennifer Gregerson asked that residents remain calm, stay cool and hydrated.

May be an image of map and text that says 'Eeo 287 Muki. Everett 7,368 2,486 Silver Firs' — Snohomish PUD outage map at the peak of the Mukilteo citywide blackout on May 16, 2021.

As of 6:05 p.m., 57 customers in the Picnic Point area remain without power which should be restored no later than 8 p.m. today.

Aaron with Snohomish County PUD confirmed with the Lynnwood Times that the high stack failure was a result of an equipment failure and not a cyberattack. On May 7, Colonial Pipeline, a 5,500-mile fuel pipeline from Texas to New Jersey, was shut down due to a ransomware attack. Colonial paid nearly $5 million as a ransom to cybercriminals to unlock its systems.

Author: Mario Lotmore

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