Power restored to over 30K Pacific Power customers in Portland - Fox 12 Oregon
Power restored to over 30K Pacific Power customers in Portland
Published: May. 22, 2024 at 4:33 PM PDT|Updated: 5 hours ago
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The power outage that affected more than 30,000 Pacific Power customers has been resolved.
Over 30,000 people were without power in Portland on Wednesday afternoon.
Pacific Power reported around 4:30 p.m. that 33,125 of its customers did not have service.
The company went on to say they were investigating the cause of the outage.
An estimated time for restored power was not immediately given.
Customers of Pacific Power were urged to check their outage map for the latest updates.
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