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Outage affecting more than 15K Pacific Power customers in Portland

KPTV · last updated

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) — A major power outage is affecting thousands of Pacific Power customers in Portland Monday morning.

The outage was first reported at about 3:15 a.m. At 5 a.m., about 15,577 customers were in the dark due to what the power company calls a “loss of transmission.”

Crews are working on making repairs.

According to Pacific Power’s website, power is expected to be restored around 12:30 p.m.

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