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Power outage impacting PG&E customers in Santa Margarita area

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UPDATE (4:51 p.m.) - As of 4:46 p.m., 740 customers remained without power.

More than 1,600 PG&E customers were without power Tuesday afternoon in northern San Luis Obispo County.

According to PG&E, the outage began around 11:09 a.m. and was impacting people mostly to the east of Highway 101 in the Santa Margarita area.

A PG&E spokesperson says crews are in the area looking for a cause, but tells KSBY it is EPSS-related.

Power was expected to be restored by 5:45 p.m.