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It is not clear what caused the outage. Action News Now has reached out to PG&E for further information.
OROVILLE, Calif. 1:25 P.M. UPDATE - Power has been restored to nearly everyone who lost power this morning in Oroville.
According to Pacific Gas & Electric, the last batch of customers had their power restored at approximately 1:05 p.m. Monday afternoon.
PG&E says that they were unable to identify a cause for the outage, but tells Action News Now that the outage occurred on a Enhanced Powerline Safety Setting (EPSS) enabled circuit. Crews had to patrol the lines in the circuit before power could be fully restored.
The PG&E outage map shows that there are still four small outages that are impacting only four customers at this time.
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11:52 A.M. UPDATE - There are now 363 PG&E customers without power near Oroville, according to the outage map.
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Over 1,600 PG&E customers are without power near Oroville, according to the outage map.
The outage started at 9:04 a.m. and PG&E expects power to be back by 1 p.m.
It is not clear what caused the outage. Action News Now has reached out to PG&E for further information.
This is a developing story. Action News Now will keep you updated with new information on-air and online.
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