Power restored to about 18,000 PG&E customers in San Jose - NBC Bay Area
About 18,000 PG&E customers without power in San Jose - NBC Bay Area
Power was restored to around 18,000 PGE customers in San Jose Monday, according to San Jose Clean Energy.
The outage was originally reported around 3:45 p.m. It's unclear exactly when power was restored, but SJCE shared an update on social media at 5:43 p.m.
PG&E previously residents not to touch downed power lines and to report them to 911 and PG&E at 1-800-743-5000.
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