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A power outage cut electricity to more than 900 local PG&E customers on Friday afternoon.
According to PG&E’s outage map, 921 customers on both sides of Highway 1 in Morro Bay lost electricity due to an unplanned outage at 2:43 p.m.
On its website, PG&E said a team was currently evaluating the electrical grid to “identify damaged sections and make necessary repairs in order to safely turn the power back on.”
Power is expected to be restored by 7:45 p.m., according to PG&E.
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
Hannah Poukish covers San Luis Obispo County as The Tribune’s government reporter. She previously reported and produced stories for The Sacramento Bee, CNN, Spectrum News and The Mercury News in San Jose. She graduated from Stanford University with a master’s degree in journalism.
