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Thousands without power in SLO County outage. When will electricity be back on?

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More than 3,300 were without power in southern San Luis Obispo County on Friday evening.

According to PG&E’s outage report map, roughly 3,303 customers were without electricity from Shell Beach to downtown Pismo Beach.

The outage was reported just after 5:30 p.m.

According to PG&E, crews were “evaluating the electrical system to identify damaged sections and make necessary repairs in order to safely turn the power back on.”

The utility company did not yet have an estimated time for when power would be restored.

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

This story was originally published April 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM.

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