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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