A power outage knocked out electricity to more than 1,600 PG&E customers in Santa Margarita on Tuesday morning.
The outage, which was reported at 11:09 a.m., appeared to be impacting the majority of Santa Margarita as well as surrounding areas north toward Atascadero and as far east as Pozo, according to PG&E’s outage map.
The outage map said power would be restored to the 1,680 impacted customers by 5:45 p.m.
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
Chloe Shrager is the courts and crimes reporter for The Tribune. She grew up in Palo Alto, California, and graduated from Stanford with a B.A. in Political Science. When not writing, she enjoys surfing, backpacking, skiing and hanging out with her cat, Billy Goat.
