Update at 10:30am: Over 900 PG&E customers are still without power in the Copperopolis area. PG&E has pushed the estimated restoration time to 1pm. There is no word on the cause.
Meanwhile, a new outage is impacting 439 customers in the area of Phoenix Lake Road and Longeway Road. PG&E has not released the cause. The company hopes to have everyone restored by 1pm.
Original story posted at 6:55am: Copperopolis, CA — 931 PG&E customers are without electricity in Calaveras County.
PG&E reports that the outage started at around 10:45 last night, and the latest restoration estimate is 10am. The outage has forced the closure of Copperopolis Elementary today because there is no electricity.
This post was last modified on 08/20/2021 10:31 am
Written by BJ Hansen.
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