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PG&E restores electricity to more than 2,000 PGE customers who lost power in SLO County

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Update, 9:25 a.m.:

According to the PG&E Outage Center, power was restored to all affected Atascadero customers around 9:15 a.m.

Original Story:

More than 2,000 PG&E customers in San Luis Obispo County were without electricity Wednesday morning due to a power outage.

According to PG&E’s Outage Center website, a total of 2,052 customers in Atascadero west of Highway 101 lost power around 7:40 a.m.

Power was expected to be restored by 6 p.m., according to the utility company.

More than 2,000 Atascadero PG&E customers were left without power starting around 7:40 a.m. Wednesday morning.
More than 2,000 Atascadero PG&E customers were left without power starting around 7:40 a.m. Wednesday morning. PG&E Outage Center

This story was originally published October 25, 2023 at 9:13 AM.

Joan Lynch
The Tribune
Joan Lynch is a housing reporter at the San Luis Obispo Tribune. Originally from Kenosha, Wisconsin, Joan studied journalism and telecommunications at Ball State University, graduating in 2022.
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