More than 9,000 San Diego Gas & Electric customers in
the Oceanside-Carlsbad area lost power in two separate outages early today.
The first outage occurred around 4:30 a.m. and affected more than 8,000
customers, according to the utility, which had restored electricity to several
hundred addresses within an hour.
The second outage occurred around 5:30 a.m. and affected just over 2,000
customers, the utility reported.
All but about 2,200 customers from both outages had power restored
shortly after 6 a.m.
The loss of power affected the parking lot lights and lights on the
Coaster platform at the Oceanside Transit Center, according to the North County
Transit District, which cautioned riders to be extra cautious when arriving at
the center this morning.
The cause was under investigation.
- city news service
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