Power mostly restored after outages across SLO County

Update 11:15 a.m.

Power has been restored to about 1,400 customers in Templeton and Paso Robles after outages there Thursday morning. According to PG&E spokesman Mark Mesesan, about 184 remain without power in the See Canyon Road and Black Walnut Road area of southern San Luis Obispo.

PG&E expects power to be restored there by 3 p.m.

Original story

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. officials say they are working to restore electricity to about 1,600 customers in two separate outages in north and south San Luis Obispo County.

At about 9:30 a.m., about 1,400 customers were without power in Templeton and Paso Robles. A PG&E spokesman said reports of the outage came in at about 6:40 a.m. Thursday for areas in Templeton near Vineyard Drive east of Highway 101, and in Paso Robles south of the airport.

PG&E spokesman Mark Mesesan said crews are investigating the cause and expect power to be restored around 1 p.m.

In southern San Luis Obispo, outages in Edna and See Canyon are affecting 184 people. The outage was reported at 6:48 a.m. Mesesan said crews are working to restore the outage within the hour. The cause of that outage is still under investigation.

A third outage, in Nipomo, left nearly 2,000 people without power around 7:30 a.m. Thursday. Power was fully restored around 9:15 a.m., Mesesan said, and the cause of that outage is still under investigation.

More information can be found at m.pge.com/#outages.

This story was originally published December 7, 2017 at 10:38 AM with the headline "Power mostly restored after outages across SLO County."