Update: Power restored to all customers after Atascadero outage
Update, 11:30 a.m.:
PG&E says that power has been restored to all customers and that no identifiable cause for the outage was found, which can sometimes happen with the sensitive shutoff settings, according to spokesman Mark Mesesan.
Update, 10:15 a.m.:
Power has been restored to all but 110 customers, in a neighborhood near Atascadero Lake.
PG&E is continuing to investigate what caused the fault on the circuit, Mesesan said.
Update, 10 a.m.:
Power has been restored for about 2,000 customers in Atascadero as of 10 a.m. Monday.
There are still about 1,500 customers without electricity in Atascadero, according to the PG&E online outage map.
A few customers in Cambria and Santa Margarita are still without power as of 10 a.m. Monday.
Mark Mesesan, PG&E spokesperson, said the outage occurred on a circuit that includes high fire-threat areas and has Enhanced Powerline Safety Settings, which automatically shut off power within a tenth of a second of a wildfire hazard, such as a tree branch hitting a power line.
A fault on the electrical system caused the outage, and PG&E was continuing to investigate while working to restore power to all customers, Mesesan said.
Original story:
More than 3,400 PG&E customers in San Luis Obispo County were without electricity Monday morning.
The unplanned outage mainly impacted customers in Atascadero, where roughly 3,490 customers were without power as of 9 a.m., according to the PG&E online outage map.
Customers in Cambria, Paso Robles and Santa Margarita also lost electricity, the utility company reported.
The cause of the power outage had not been reported as of 9 a.m. Monday.
Monday’s outage marked the second power outage for Atascadero customers in recent days.
On Friday, PG&E customers in Atascadero were without electricity for roughly two hours.
The power was expected to be restored at 2:30 p.m., according to alerts from PG&E sent to impacted customers.
This story was originally published May 23, 2022 at 9:06 AM.
