Planned outage canceled by PG&E. It would’ve cut power to thousands of SLO County customers

John Lynch

July 4, 2024 at 6:59 p.m.·1 min read

A planned Public Safety power shutoff that was set to cut electricity to more than 2,300 San Luis Obispo County residents on Friday was called off.

The outage was supposed to start between 10:30 a.m. and noon on Friday through 10 p.m. Saturday, according to a Facebook post from the San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services.

“Residents previously notified of a potential outage are no longer scheduled to have their power turned off,” the Facebook post read. “PG&E continues to monitor the forecast and residents should continue to be prepared should the situation change again.”

San Luis Obispo County residents living in Oak Shores, part of Heritage Ranch and some areas north and east of San Miguel, such as Indian Valley, Hog Canyon and Ranchita Canyon would have been affected.

The potential outage came as parts of San Luis Obispo County were under a red flag warning as a major, multi-day heat wave swept across the state.

PG&E has announced an elevated Public Safety Power Shutoff risk for some North County residents starting July 5, 2024, during a major California heat wave. San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services

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