1,000 PG&E customers lose power in SLO County outage
By Joe Tarica
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A power outage cut off electricity to more than 1,000 San Luis Obispo County PG&E customers on Monday evening.
According to PG&E’s outage report map, 1,070 customers in Cayucos lost power at 5:18 p.m., encompassing a chunk of the town, mostly on the west side of Highway 1
“This is an unplanned outage,” PG&E said on its outage map. “Our crew shut off power to make an urgent repair safely.”
The outage, however, did not last long. According to PG&E’s map, it was resolved 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
Steve Wilson swilson@star-telegram.com
This story was originally published November 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM.
