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More than 3,300 PG&E customers in northern San Luis Obispo County were without power early Saturday morning.
According to PG&E’s outage map, an electrical outage was reported in the Cambria and Highway 46 area at 8:41 a.m.
As of 9:25 a.m., it was impacting an estimated 3,389 customers, according to PG&E’s map.
The utility company had crews en route to asses the damage. A cause was not yet known.
Power was expected to be restored by 4:30 p.m.
To view PG&E’s map of the outage area, visit pge.com or check out our interactive map below. Note: If the outage is not showing up on the map below, wait up to 15 minutes and then refresh.
Power Outages in San Luis Obispo County and California
This map shows current California power outages and is automatically updated every 15 minutes. It shows the total number of customers impacted by county (in black), the general location of the outages with red (not planned) and orange (planned) circles, and more detailed power outage areas from PG&E when zoomed into the map (other utilities are not available for power outage areas). Tap on the locations for the number of customers affected and estimated power restoration in the left-hand column.
SOURCES: California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas and Electric, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Los Angeles Water & Power, ESRI
Steve Wilson swilson@star-telegram.com
This story was originally published August 24, 2024 at 9:29 AM.
Kaytlyn Leslie writes about business and development for The San Luis Obispo Tribune. Hailing from Nipomo, she also covers city governments and happenings in San Luis Obispo. She joined The Tribune in 2013 after graduating from Cal Poly with her journalism degree.