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Atascadero power outage affects more than 3,000 customers

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Update: Power is expected to be restored at 4:30 p.m., extending the previous estimated time it would be back up, PG&E posted in the latest update.

Original story: More than 3,000 residents in the city of Atascadero were affected by a power outage on Wednesday, according to PG&E.

The outage started about 11:25 a.m. Wednesday and impacted 3,115 customers, the energy company said.

Power was expected to be restored at 2:45 p.m., PG&E said.

PG&E is assessing the cause of the outage.

Also Wednesday, nearly 2,500 customers in Los Osos lost power for several hours in the morning. The power went out at 8:36 a.m. and was restored around noon.

This story was originally published August 18, 2021 at 12:53 PM.

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Nick Wilson is a Tribune contributor in sports. He is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara and UC Berkeley and is originally from Ojai.
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