SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Thousands of San Diego Gas & Electric customers have lost power in various parts of the county Tuesday, as a winter storm rolls through bringing high winds and heavy rain.
At around 10 a.m., SDG&E’s Outage Map reported the North County communities of Carlsbad, La Costa, Escondido, Bear Valley, and Skyline Ranch experienced outages.
Nearly 6,000 customers in those communities were without service as of 11:20 a.m.
SDG&E stated the effected communities could expect power to return by 2:30 p.m. at the earliest.
LINK: SDG&E OUTAGE MAP
About 2,900 customers in various parts of San Marcos were also without power as of 11:30 a.m., according to SDG&E.
Earlier in the day, a power outage impacted San Diego’s coastal communities, leaving nearly 3,300 people in Ocean Beach, Sunset Cliffs, Point Loma, the Midway District, and neighborhoods near San Diego International Airport powerless.
Nearly 3,300 San Diego Gas & Electric customers in San Diego's coastal communities were without power Tuesday morning.
However, power was restored to a majority of customers in those communities by 9 a.m.
Crews are working to determine the cause of all the outages, SDG&E said.