SAN FRANCISCO — PG&E is planning power outages in certain San Francisco neighborhoods next week for repairs at a substation where an equipment failure caused a major blackout last month.
The first will begin Monday shortly after midnight for approximately 3,600 customers in the Civic Center area. It may last up to 12 hours, and power is expected to be restored by noon that day.
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The second outage will occur Tuesday shortly after midnight for around 14,000 customers in the Richmond District. This outage is expected to last up to two hours.
A small portion of the Sunset District between 19th and 27th avenues just south of Lincoln Way will also be affected by the Tuesday outage, according to Supervisor Alan Wong, whose District 4 includes the Sunset.
PG&E is planning the outages so that it can finish repairs and testing of the equipment at its Mission Substation, where a fire on Dec. 20 resulted in a third of the city losing power for up to three days.
“My office is pressing PG&E to keep disruptions to a minimum and is coordinating closely with the Department of Emergency Management to ensure residents and businesses have the information and support they need,” Wong said in a statement on social media.
Since the outage, PG&E has used temporary generators and alternate grid configurations to keep customers in service.
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Customers who will be affected should receive a notification by text message, voicemail and email. Reminders and updates will be sent throughout the week.
Customers can call 1-800-743-5002 if they have questions.
According to Wong, PG&E has agreed to participate in a hearing with the city on Feb. 12 to evaluate its response to the Dec. 20 outage, hear directly from affected residents, and answer questions.
“We will not rest until we understand exactly why the fire and outage occurred and what actions we must take to prevent similar incidents in the future,” said PG&E CEO Sumeet Singh in a statement. “We are committed to transparency and to sharing our findings at the hearing requested by Supervisor Wong.”
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