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PG&E power outage strikes San Francisco as system glitch warns of chaotic blackout
New York Post • • business
Key Points:
- A routine operation at two San Francisco substations caused a power outage on Saturday morning, affecting about 9,400 PG&E customers primarily in the Richmond and Golden Gate Park neighborhoods.
- PG&E's notification system mistakenly alerted approximately 120,000 customers of a power loss due to a glitch involving two electrical circuits, but the error was corrected within 30 minutes.
- The outage disrupted traffic signals, leading Alphabet-owned Waymo to temporarily pause its robotaxi service in San Francisco.
- By noon, around 2,500 customers remained without power as crews worked to restore service, with full restoration achieved by 4:02 p.m.
- PG&E, a state-regulated monopoly in Northern California, plans to investigate the cause of the outage following the incident.
