Pacific Power outage that impacted 33K customers caused by beaver chewing through tree

Aimee Plante
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Pacific Power says an outage in the Portland area left more than 33,000 people without power Wednesday afternoon.

Of the 23 outages in Oregon, several were scattered within the boundaries of Northeast Portland, according to the Pacific Power outage map.

Officials say the outage was caused by “a beaver tooth through a tree” somewhere in the area of NW Portland. Power was restored before 5 p.m.

“The beaver chewed through a tree that made contact with a transmission line leading to the power outage,” said Kim Lippert with Pacific Power.

<em>A tree falling on a transmission line caused over 33,000 outages on May 22, 2024. (Pacific Power)</em>
A tree falling on a transmission line caused over 33,000 outages on May 22, 2024. (Pacific Power)

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