Nearly 3,000 PG&E customers lose power in Atascadero, Templeton

October 4, 2024

By KAREN VELIE

Nearly 3,000 PG&E customers lost power in Atascadero and Templeton on Friday morning.

At 5.26 a.m., 2,915 PG&E customers lost power from Highway 41 in Atascadero to just south of Vineyard Drive in Templeton. Witnesses report hearing a loud bang before the power went out.

PG&E estimates the power will be restored by 9 a.m. The cause of the outage remains under investigation.

 


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May be time to move elsewhere…. some place they can at least keep the lights on…


Has anyone thought about overweight people requiring more air conditioning? This demand may evolve into a dangerous strain on the power grid. Notice that the Craigslist housing searches are primarily in the coastal communities.