Hundreds lose power in SLO outage. When will electricity be back on?
By Kaytlyn Leslie
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A power outage cut off electricity to more than 660 PG&E customers in San Luis Obispo on Tuesday afternoon.
According to PG&E’s outage report map, 664 customers in the Laguna Lake area lost power around 2:20 p.m.
PGE& said a crew was “evaluating the electrical system to identify damaged sections and make necessary repairs in order to safely turn the power back on.”
Power is expected to be restored between 6 and 7:30 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
Steve Wilson swilson@star-telegram.com
This story was originally published October 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM.
