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Hundreds without power in SLO County outage. When will it be back on?

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Update, 12:35 p.m.:

The outage was resolved as of around 12:30 p.m., according to PG&E’s outage report map.

Original Story:

A power outage cut off electricity to hundreds of PG&E customers in San Luis Obispo County on Wednesday morning.

According to PG&E’s outage report map, 526 customers west of Highway 101 in Paso Robles lost power around 11:17 a.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 estimated that power would be restored by 4 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.

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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 July 8, 2026 at 11:50 AM.

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