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8,000 PGE customers lose power for several hours in SW Portland, Tigard

KPTV · last updated

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) — Thousands of people in southwest Portland and Tigard lost power for several hours on Wednesday afternoon amid an ongoing heatwave.

According to the Portland General Electric website, just before 1:30 p.m., about 2,900 customers had lost power in the southwest Portland Goose Hollow neighborhood.

Crews determined the power outage in Goose Hollow was due to a fallen tree. As of 7 p.m., most customers’ power had returned.

More than 2,900 people in the southwest Portland Goose Hollow neighborhood lost power on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, due to a fallen tree.(KPTV)

Meanwhile, just after 2:30 p.m., an outage in the are of Washington Square Mall in Tigard was reported. According to PGE, more than 5,000 people were impacted. That outage has also since been resolved, but officials have not yet said what caused the issue.

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