Power outage knocks out electricity to thousands in SLO - San Luis Obispo Tribune
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Power outage knocks out electricity to thousands in SLO
Update, 8:20 p.m.:
Power has been restored to the majority of customers impacted by the outage, according to PG&E’s outage report map.
Roughly 191 customers were still without power in northern San Luis Obispo, according to PG&E.
Original story:
More than 3,000 customers were without power in San Luis Obispo on Monday night due to an electrical outage.
The outage started around 6:58 p.m., according to PG&E’s outage report map. It impacted approximately 3,135 customers from northern San Luis Obispo to Santa Margarita.
The outage included much of the Cal Poly campus and nearby neighborhoods as far west as Santa Rosa Street.
The outage area did not include houses and structures in the area of the Lizzie Fire, which was still burning on a San Luis Obispo hillside as of Monday night.
PG&E said crews were investigating the cause of the outage as of 7:30 p.m. Power was expected to be restored around 9:30 p.m.
This story was originally published October 30, 2023, 7:44 PM.
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