San Jose: Storm knocks out power to more than 18,000 customers, PG&E reports - The Mercury News
PG&E restores power to more than 18,000 customers in San Jose
SAN JOSE – Thousands of Pacific Gas & Electric Co. customers in San Jose lost power Monday as a surge of intense rain swept across the city, according to the utility.
The outage began around 1:30 p.m. and affected roughly 18,000 customers, said PG&E spokesperson JD Guidi.
An online outage map maintained by the utility showed the outage went as far north as San Jose State University downtown, south to the Santa Clara County fairgrounds, west to the edges of Willow Glen, and as far east as McLaughlin Avenue.
Guidi said equipment failure at a substation was identified as the cause of the outage.
Service was fully restored at 4:14 p.m., according to Guidi.
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