PG&E Restores Power to 9,400 San Francisco Customers After 6-Hour Outage
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Updated · KGO-TV · Jul 19
PG&E Restores Power to 9,400 San Francisco Customers After 6-Hour Outage
3 articles · Updated · KGO-TV · Jul 19
Summary
Nearly six hours after a 9:45 a.m. failure, PG&E restored electricity Saturday afternoon to about 9,400 customers in San Francisco's Richmond and Golden Gate Park neighborhoods.
PG&E said a protective device activated during a routine procedure between two substations, and it is investigating whether a sparking power line near 16th Avenue and Anza Street also played a role.
Dark traffic signals on corridors including Park Presidio Boulevard snarled traffic, while businesses from pharmacies to markets shifted to cash sales, candlelight and worried over spoiled refrigerated goods.
The outage renewed complaints about aging infrastructure in an area residents say has suffered at least four significant blackouts in seven months, including a December substation fire.
PG&E also said its outage map mistakenly showed more than 120,000 customers without power earlier Saturday because of a system glitch.