UPDATE: While power was restored in San Luis Obispo before 7 a.m. Wednesday, another outage in the Morro Bay area had nearly 300 PG&E customers waking up without power.
According to PG&E, the outage along both sides of Highway 1 from the South Bay Boulevard area into San Luis Obispo near El Chorro Regional Park, started around 4:08 a.m. and as of 6:41 a.m., was impacting 292 customers.
No word on the cause.
Restoration is expected by 1:15 p.m. Visit PG&E's outage map for the latest updates on power outages in your area.
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ORIGINAL STORY: A power outage was impacting thousands of people in the San Luis Obispo and Avila Beach areas early Wednesday morning.
According to PG&E, the outage began at around 3:40 a.m.
As of 4:11 a.m., 2,894 PG&E customers were reported to be affected along both sides of Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo and also in the Avila Beach area.
Restoration was expected by 8 a.m.
PG&E reported the outage was not planned, adding that a crew would be working to restore power.
No word on the exact cause.
