Massive power outage impacting over 11,000 customers in Santa Cruz County
PG&E said that over 11,000 customers are without power in the Watsonville area on Friday. The outage was reported at 9:23 a.m. and is impacting around 11,285 customers. “There is an unplanned outage in your area. Our team is evaluating the electrical system to identify damaged sections and make necessary repairs in order to safely turn the power back on,” said PG&E in a statement. According to the city of Watsonville, power is expected to be restored by 1:45 p.m. The cause of the outage is unknown. “We are aware that some traffic signal lights are not working; we ask motorists to treat the non-working lights as an all-way stop and treat every entrance to an intersection as a stop sign,” said the city of Watsonville.
PG&E said that over 11,000 customers are without power in the Watsonville area on Friday.
The outage was reported at 9:23 a.m. and is impacting around 11,285 customers.
“There is an unplanned outage in your area. Our team is evaluating the electrical system to identify damaged sections and make necessary repairs in order to safely turn the power back on,” said PG&E in a statement.
According to the city of Watsonville, power is expected to be restored by 1:45 p.m. The cause of the outage is unknown.
“We are aware that some traffic signal lights are not working; we ask motorists to treat the non-working lights as an all-way stop and treat every entrance to an intersection as a stop sign,” said the city of Watsonville.