hundreds without power

Joan Lynch
The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, Calif.)
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A power outage cut off electricity to over 500 PG&E customers in San Luis Obispo County on Wednesday morning — the same day a major heat wave was expected to bring triple-degree heat to the area.

According to PG&E’s outage report map, 579 customers in west of Atascadero lost power around 9:20 a.m. in a planned outage for maintenance work.

PG&E said a team was “working to safely complete work and restore your electric service by the estimated restoration time.”

Power was expected to be restored by 2 p.m., according to the PG&E map.

hundreds without power

The outage comes as a heat wave reaches San Luis Obispo County, bringing triple-digit temperatures to North County.

SLO will see its highest temperature on Wednesday, hitting a high of 100 degrees, before Thursday cools to 94 degrees. Temperatures are expected to drop to 86 degrees on Friday and 78 degrees on Saturday

Northern regions like Paso Robles will see even higher temperatures, anticipated to hit 107 degrees on Wednesday and 104 degrees on Thursday, before dropping down to the 90s for the weekend. Power Outages in San Luis Obispo County and California This map shows current California power outages and is automatically updated every 15 minutes. It shows the total number of customers impacted by county (in black), the general location of the outages with red (not planned) and orange (planned) circles, and more detailed power outage areas from PG&E when zoomed into the map (other utilities are not available for power outage areas). Tap on the locations for the number of customers affected and estimated power restoration in the left-hand column. Open SOURCES: California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas and Electric, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Los Angeles Water & Power, ESRI Steve Wilson swilson@star-telegram.com