Hundreds without power in SLO County outage. When will it be back on?
By Kaytlyn Leslie
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A power outage cut off electricity to hundreds of PG&E customers in San Luis Obispo County on Thursday evening.
According to PG&E’s outage report map, 683 customers off Morro Road in Atascadero lost power around 7:05 p.m.
PG&E said a team was “evaluating the electrical system to identify damaged sections and make necessary repairs in order to safely turn the power back on.”
PG&E did not yet have an estimate of when power might be restored.
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
