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Power outages on the Central Coast

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Posted at 4:44 AM, Jan 28, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-28 19:58:34-05

PG&E is reporting multiple scattered outages across San Luis Obispo and northern Santa Barbara counties. Most are being attributed to equipment issues.

To check the status of an outage in your area, click here.

UPDATE (4:45 p.m.) -

  • Cambria - Multiple outages are affecting approximately 605 customers; estimated time of restoration - 9 p.m.
  • San Miguel - 50 customers without power; estimated time of restoration - 6:30 p.m.
  • San Rafael Rd., Atascadero - 41 customers without power; no estimated time of restoration
  • Pomar Dr. area east of Templeton - 32 customers without power; estimated time of restoration - 8 p.m.
  • Creston Rd. near Franklin Hot Springs - 19 customers without power; estimated time of restoration - 7 p.m.
  • Highway 58 near Carnaza Rd. - 39 customers without power: estimated time of restoration - 5:30 p.m.
  • Los Alamos - 828 customers without power; no estimated time of restoration

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UPDATE (1:45 p.m.)

  • Cambria - Multiple outages are affecting more than 635 customers; estimated time of restoration - 6 p.m.
  • Santa Margarita and W. Pozo Road - 651 customers without power; estimated time of restoration - 5 p.m.
  • San Miguel - 50 customers without power; estimated time of restoration - 3:30 p.m.
  • El Pomar Dr. area east of Templeton - 32 customers without power; estimated time of restoration - 2 p.m.
  • Creston Rd. near Franklin Hot Springs - 19 customers without power; estimated time of restoration - 7 p.m.

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UPDATE (11:50 a.m.)

  • Cambria - Multiple outages are affecting more than 900 customers; estimated time of restoration - 3 p.m.
  • Santa Margarita and W. Pozo Road - 651 customers without power; estimated time of restoration - 4 p.m.
  • San Miguel - 50 customers without power; estimated time of restoration - 3:30 p.m.
  • El Pomar Dr. area east of Templeton - 108 customers without power; estimated time of restoration 1:30 p.m.
  • Madonna Rd./Los Osos Valley Rd., San Luis Obispo - 82 customers without power; estimated time of restoration - 3:30 p.m.

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(4:44 a.m.) - Multiple power outages were still impacting Central Coast PG&E customers early Thursday morning.

By 4:30 a.m., the utility company’s online outage map was showing outages mostly from Morro Bay to the north, with much of Cambria still impacted.

In Santa Margarita, an outage off Highway 58 stretching to Pozo that began at 4 p.m. Wednesday still had more than 800 customers in the dark Thursday morning.

Crews said power from the weather-related outage is likely to be restored by 2 p.m.

In Atascadero off Capistrano Avenue, 128 customers were said to have been without power since 5:16 p.m. Wednesday. No word on a restoration time there.

In San Luis Obispo, an outage that began Wednesday around 10:15 p.m. between Johnson Avenue and Augusta Street was still impacting 143 customers by Thursday morning. Restoration was expected by 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

Another 82 customers off Madonna Road near Boronda Street were expected to have power restored around the same time.

In Templeton, 108 customers to the west of Highway 101 off El Pomar Drive have been without power since 12:21 p.m. Wednesday. No word on a restoration time for those homes.

And to the east of Highway 101, 260 customers between Las Tablas Road and Vineyard Drive have been without power since Wednesday evening. Restoration is expected by 2 p.m. Thursday.

In Cambria, where flooding and many other issues from the storm were seen, most of the town remained in the dark Thursday morning.

Multiple outages were impacting more than 900 customers. Restoration for some was expected between 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

PG&E says the majority of the outages are believed to have been caused by weather.

To view PG&E’s online outage map, click here.