Hundreds without power in southern SLO County. How long will electricity be out?
By Kaytlyn Leslie
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A power outage cut off electricity to nearly 500 PG&E customers in the South County on Sunday evening.
According to PG&E’s outage report map, customers in the Mesa View Drive area lost power around 4:42 p.m.
PG&E said its team was evaluating the unplanned outage to identify damaged sections to the electrical grid and “make necessary repairs in order to safely turn the power back on.”
Power was expected to be restored by 7:15.
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 February 8, 2026 at 5:17 PM.
