Power restored to customers in Templeton

TEMPLETON, Calif. - Pacific Gas and Electric Company gave us an update on the cause of the outage in Templeton from Saturday night as well as when customers had their power restored.

PG&E said that they were doing some planned maintenance on a bank at their Templeton substation when, at around 9:30 p.m. Saturday night, they lost another bank.

This resulted in a voltage problem that caused an outage affecting about 18,750 customers in the Templeton and Atascadero areas.

PG&E said they have been working to restore power to customers through the night and early morning as quickly as it was safe to do so.

Around 7 a.m. Sunday morning, PG&E said power was fully restored to all of the affected customers.

PG&E said they regret the inconvenience this caused their customers. They are investigating the cause of the equipment issue.

To report an outage or sign up for updates, you can visit the PG&E website here.