Massive power outage leaves huge swath of SLO County in the dark
A massive power outage left almost the entire North Coast in the dark Friday night, according to PG&E’s outage map.
The outage, which began shortly before 11 p.m. and lasted until about 2:20 a.m., stretched from north Morro Bay all the way up Highway 1 past Ragged Point and into Monterey County.
A total of 4,831 customers were without power, according to PG&E.
According to the map, it appeared that all of Cayucos, Cambria and San Simeon lost power.
PG&E dispatched crews to assess the problem and initially estimated electricity would be restored by 6 a.m.
The large outage wasn’t the only one creating problems for SLO County residents Friday night. A separate nearby outage along Highway 1 knocked out power to 290 customers between Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo around the same time.
PG&E estimated that power would be restored in that outage by 3:15 a.m.
It’s unclear if the two outages were related.
This story was originally published October 15, 2022 at 12:59 AM.
