Power Outage Affects Oceanside, Closes City Hall

OCEANSIDE, CA – An unscheduled power outage left thousands of customers without power and closed offices at City Hall Thursday in Oceanside.

Utility bills due Thursday would not incur additional charges and no services would be disconnected, according to the city. The Oceanside Museum of Art was also closed due to the power outage.

San Diego Gas & Electric reported on its outage map that 2,241 customers were without power in Oceanside, San Luis Rey and Oceanside Hills. The outage started around 10:46 a.m.

SDG&E crews were assessing the cause of the outage. Power was expected to be restored by 1:30 p.m.

Crews found repairs were needed to SDG&E equipment in one area of the outage that left about 115 customers without power. Power there was expected to be restored by 3 p.m.

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