Update: Three Power Outages This Morning, Two New Outages
Two power outages, one in Columbia and another in Sonora stretching from Columbia to downtown Sonora
Update at 11:50 a.m.: PG&E crews have restored power to over 1,500 customers whose lights have been out since 8 a.m. Two power outages spaned from Columbia to Sonora. The utility did not post a cause for these outages.
Update at 10:45 a.m.: There remain two outages in Tuolumne County, impacting more than 1,500 customers. One is in the Columbia area on both sides of Parrotts Ferry Road affecting 357 customers. The other stretches from downtown Sonora from Short Lane and along Lyons Bald Mountain Road west of Phoenix Lake Road. The lights went out in both outages just before 8 a.m. The utility gives a 2:45 p.m.restoration time for the Columbia outage and within the three o’clock hour for Sonora. No cause has been given for these outages.
Update at 10:00 a.m.: Power has been restored to 918 customers at the Calaveras and Alpine County lines who have been without power since 7 p.m. last night. No cause was issued by the utility. There remain two outages in Tuolumne County, impacting more than 1,500 customers with the details below.
Update at 8:50 a.m.: PG&E is reporting two new outages in Tuolumne County impacting more than 1,500 customers. One is in the Columbia area on both sides of Parrotts Ferry Road affecting 357 customers. The other stretches from downtown Sonora from Short Lane and along Lyons Bald Mountain Road west of Phoenix Lake Road. The lights went out in both outages just before 8 a.m. The utility gives a 2:45 p.m. restoration time for the Columbia outage and within the three o’clock hour for Sonora. No cause has been given for these outages.
There remain another 918 customers without electricity at the Calaveras and Alpine County line that began around 7 p.m. last night. A crew is investigating the cause and the estimated restoration time is noon today.
Update at 7:30 a.m.: Over 1,700 PG&E customers in Calaveras and Alpine counties woke up to no lights this morning; two of the outages have been restored. They are in the Angels Camp and Copperopolis areas where 822 PG&E customers had been impacted. The area stretched on both sides of Highway 4 and along O’Byrnes Ferry Road. No cause for the outage was given. The outage also resulted in the closure of Copperopolis Elementary School for the day, according to school administrators. There remain another 918 customers without electricity at the Calaveras and Alpine County line that began around 7 p.m. last night. A crew is investigating the cause and the estimated restoration time is noon today.
Update at 6:30 a.m.: A new power outage in the Copperopolis area of Calaveras County is impacting 822 customers along O’Byrns Ferry Road and both sides of Highway 4. The outage is in the same area where the electricity went out yesterday. The outage has resulted in the closure of Copperopolis Elementary School for the day, according to school administrators. A crew is investigating the cause of the outage and the restoration time is sometime in the noon hour today. Further details on the other two outages are below.
Original post at 6 a.m.: Angels Camp, CA — There are two power outages this morning, impacting more than a thousand customers.
One outage started just after 7 p.m. last night and is along the Calaveras and Alpine County line, stretching along Highway 4. The company reports that 918 customers are waking up to no lights. A crew is investigating the cause. The estimated restoration time is noon today.
Another power outage in the Angels Camp area of Calaveras County is impacting nearly 200 PG&E customers this morning. Their electricity went out around 1:30 a.m. The outage stretches west of Highway 4 along Pool Station Road and is affecting 193 customers. The utility reports the cause as an equipment issue but did not specify the exact reason. The company gives an estimated repair time of sometime in the 6 o’clock hour.
