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PG&E Reports 50K Without Power Sunday

The utility reported a power outage at 1:30 this afternoon.

More than 50,000 PG&E customers were without power this afternoon in Marin, Sonoma and Monterey counties, a utility spokesman said.

At about 1:30 p.m., an outage was reported in PG&E's power transmission system, interrupting service to about 165,000 customers throughout the North Bay counties and in cities on the Central Coast, including Carmel, Marina and Monterey, PG&E spokesman J.D. Guidi said.

Utility crews had not determined the cause of the outage, Guidi said. Power was being systematically restored throughout the outage area, Guidi said.

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As of 3:30 p.m., more than two-thirds of the affected customers had their utility service restored.

-Bay City News Service

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