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

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More than 700 PG&E customers were without power in northern San Luis Obispo County on Wednesday evening.

According to PG&E’s outage map, 739 customers in Cambria lost electricity around 5:45 p.m.

“Our team is evaluating the electrical system to identify damaged sections and make necessary repairs in order to safely turn the power back on,” PG&E said as of 6:20 p.m.

Power was expected to be restored by 1:45 a.m., the utility company said.

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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