Thousands of SLO County residents lose power as rain storm hits Central Coast
Update, noon:
Just under 700 customers in SLO County are still without power Monday afternoon, according to PG&E.
PG&E spokesman Mark Mesesan said the utility company has restored power to 9,450 customers in its service area this morning, after thousands lost electricity due to the powerful storm that swept across California.
As of 11:30 a.m., Mesesan said PG&E was still working about 60 different outages in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, impacting about 1,550 customers.
Those outages include areas east of Atascadero and Santa Margarita, Shell Beach, Pismo Beach and Nipomo.
According to PG&E’s outage map, about 689 customers are impacted by outages in SLO County as of noon.
Update, 11 a.m.:
PG&E spokesman Mark Mesesan said the company has crews out working on various outages around the Central Coast.
“We’ve made a great deal of progress this morning,” he said. “We had 11,000 people out in SLO and Santa Barbara counties when I woke up this morning in our customer territory.”
Mesesan said they are still working about 62 different outages, though there are fewer customers impacted. He said they’ve restored power to about 8,000 customers since 6 a.m.
“Our crews are working to restore customers as safely and expeditiously as we can,” he said. “As weather continues to improve, we expect to have more restoration occurring for our customers.”
Original story:
Nearly 5,000 San Luis Obispo County residents were without electricity on Monday morning as heavy rains and wind pummeled the region, according to PG&E.
By 9:30 a.m. most of the 1,500 Paso Robles residents who lost power had regained electricity, the company said.
There were still 1,200 customers in Pismo Beach without electricity as of 9:30 a.m., according to the PG&E outage map.
Lewis Middle School in Paso Robles closed due to the power outage, according to a Facebook post from the Paso Robles Unified School District. Facilities were open for children who need a safe place to go, the district said.
The power outage comes after a powerful rain storm hit the Central Coast over the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
PG&E had not reported the cause of the power outages, or stated when electricity will be restored for Central Coast residents, as of 9:30 a.m. Monday.
This story was originally published October 25, 2021 at 9:45 AM.
