UPDATE | Islanders endure another day without electricity

Thousands of Bainbridge Islanders are spending another day without electricity following the winter snowstorms earlier this week.

Puget Sound Energy said Tuesday that 1,091 separate power outages had been reported across its Western Washington service area by noon Tuesday, and that 67,771 PSE customers were without electricity.

Scattered outages on Bainbridge Island stretched from Agate Point on the island’s north end all the way to Fort Ward on Bainbridge’s southern coast.

One large outage spanned from Gazzam Lake to Point White, where more than 1,100 homes have been without electricity since just before 5:30 p.m. Monday.

Another big outage — with 1,280 homes without power — covered the area from Manitou Beach north to Rolling Bay to north of Captain Charles Wilkes Elementary.

Another 395 homes near Fay Bainbridge Park were also in the dark Tuesday, and outages were also reported in Seabold, West Port Madison, and several neighborhoods near Grand Forest East.

PSE said trees weighed down by heavy snow and ice were falling on power lines throughout the region.

“Crews are out in force restoring power to customers impacted by a new round of wet, heavy snow delivered yesterday afternoon,” PSE said on its website. “We know that this period of historic storms, freezing temperatures and resulting outages has caused significant stress and strain for our customers, some who have had their power restored only to go out again. We truly appreciate your continued patience and are doing all we safely can to get power back on as quickly as possible.”

PSE said power had been restored to more than 239,000 of its customers since the first snowstorms hit the area Friday.

Kitsap, King and Thurston counties were hardest hit by Monday’s snow, PSE said.

Bainbridge Island City Hall was closed Tuesday because of the weather, but city officials said the council meeting planned for Tuesday night would be held as scheduled.