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Outage knocks out power to more than 1,200 SLO County PG&E customers

Power outage

An outage cut power to more than 1,000 PG&E customers in San Luis Obispo County on Wednesday morning.

According to PG&E’s Outage Center, at around 8:45 a.m., 1,230 customers in the Pismo Beach area lost power due to an unplanned outage.

Most customers impacted by the outage were located on the north side of Highway 101 and along Price Canyon Road, according to the Outage Center.

PG&E work crews were dispatched to check the electrical system and make repairs, according to the Outage Center.

Power was estimated to be restored around 2 p.m., according to the Outage Center.

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.

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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
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