About 11,000 PG&E Customers Lose Power in SF's Richmond, Presidio, and Golden Gate Park

"As Mission Local reports, customers in the Richmond, Golden Gate Park, and the Presidio lost their power between 7:45 pm and 10:15 pm Sunday. As SFist reported earlier, 6,000 customers in SF's Golden Gate, Panhandle, and parts of the Sunset lost power for four hours Saturday. Per NBC Bay Area, PG&E said a planned outage had already been scheduled for some customers at 11 pm in order to transition the Richmond neighborhood from the loud generators back to the grid."

"Chan said issues with PG&E's transformers were to blame for the unplanned outage, per Mission Local. PG&E said it was an overhead equipment failure, per KPIX. The citywide power outage illustrates how a privatized utility company like PG&E can use its monopoly power to increase out bills, make profit on the backs of working people and still fail in its obligation to deliver power safely and reliably for San Francisco, Chan wrote on Instagram on Dec. 23, per Mission Local."

"Prior to Saturday's and Sunday's outages, a third of the city was affected by a massive power outage the Saturday before Christmas, which took 48 hours to restore in some areas. As SFist reported earlier this week, PG&E was offering $200 credit for residential customers and a $2,500 credit for businesses affected in this week's outages. Per Mission Local, the company was also offering hotel accommodations and funds for food for affected customers."

Eleven thousand customers on the western side of San Francisco lost power Sunday evening, with service restored after about two-and-a-half hours. A planned outage was scheduled for 11 p.m. to transition the Richmond neighborhood from generators back to the grid. Six thousand customers in the Golden Gate, Panhandle, and parts of the Sunset lost power for four hours Saturday. District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan attributed the unplanned outage to transformer issues, while PG&E cited an overhead equipment failure. A prior outage affected roughly a third of the city and took up to 48 hours in some areas. PG&E offered $200 residential credits, $2,500 business credits, hotel stays, and food funds.

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