Clearlake power outage attributed to equipment failure; PG&E says repairs under way

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Crews are working to resolve a power outage in the Clearlake area that is affecting thousands of customers.

Pacific Gas and Electric spokesman JD Guidi said the outage occurred at 4:42 p.m. Wednesday and knocked out power to 2,580 customers.

He said the outage resulted from an equipment failure at PG&E's Highlands Substation.

Guidi said crews were on the scene and working to restore power as quickly and safely as possible.

He said power is expected to be fully restored between 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Wednesday.

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