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A power outage in northern San Luis Obispo County cut power to more than 500 PG&E customers on Wednesday morning.
According to the PG&E Outage Center, at around 9:59 a.m. an outage was reported affecting around 572 customers along Highway 41 west of Atascadero.
Repair crews were evaluating the electrical system for damage, according to the Outage Center.
Power was expected to be restored by 4:45 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.
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
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.
