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Power restored for about 110,000 customers in San Francisco after outage
The outage caused traffic jams and forced some businesses to close temporarily.
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Reuters - Sun, 21, Dec 2025
- 22:20 EST
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Vehicles circle in the dark during a blackout that affected about 130,000 residents, according to Pacific Gas and Electric Company in San Francisco, California, U.S., December 21, 2025. / REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Power was restored for about 110,000 customers in San Francisco after a sizable part of the city was hit by an outage on Dec. 20, according to the city's emergency management department and its main utility firm, Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
The blackout affected about 130,000 residents in the California city of around 800,000 people, PG&E said.
"Crews restored about 110,000 customers by 7:30 a.m. Dec. 21 and are working to restore the power for around 21,000 who remain without electric service," the utility said, adding that there were no injuries to workers or members of the public.
The energy provider expects to restore all remaining impacted customers by no later than 2 p.m. PT (2200 GMT), it added in an update.
The outage caused traffic jams and forced some businesses to close temporarily.
"A large power outage is impacting San Francisco - only call 9-1-1 for life safety emergencies, avoid non-essential travel, treat down traffic signals as four-way stops, keep refrigerator and freezer doors closed, and turn off major appliances to prevent surges," the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management said in a post on social media earlier on Dec. 21.
Separately, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Dec. 21 the company's robotaxis were unaffected by the outage.
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