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Update: Early Morning Power Outage In Murphys Area

Update at 10:15 a.m.: A power outage that left 895 PG&E customers in the dark this morning in the Murphys area of Calaveras County has been repaired. The company did not release a cause. Customers along Highway 4 were without power for about eight hours.

Original post at 7:24 a.m.: Murphys, CA — Nearly 900 PG&E customers are waking up to no electricity this morning in the Murphys area of Calaveras County.

Their lights went out around 2:15 a.m. Those impacted stretch from Murphys to Forest Meadows and just west of Hathaway Pines. The utility reports that 895 customers along Highway 4 have lost power, and a crew is at the outage location assessing the cause. The company gives an estimated restoration time of 10:15 a.m.

This post was last modified on 09/02/2023 10:13 am

Written by Tracey Petersen.

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