More than 2,000 PG&E customers without power in SLO County. Here’s where - San Luis Obispo Tribune
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PG&E restores electricity to more than 2,000 PGE customers who lost power in SLO County
Update, 9:25 a.m.:
According to the PG&E Outage Center, power was restored to all affected Atascadero customers around 9:15 a.m.
Original Story:
More than 2,000 PG&E customers in San Luis Obispo County were without electricity Wednesday morning due to a power outage.
According to PG&E’s Outage Center website, a total of 2,052 customers in Atascadero west of Highway 101 lost power around 7:40 a.m.
Power was expected to be restored by 6 p.m., according to the utility company.
This story was originally published October 25, 2023, 9:13 AM.
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