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Power Outage Affects 7000 Homes, Businesses in Pleasanton
The power outage was due to broken equipment at a local substation.
About 7000 homes and businesses in Pleasanton lost power early Sunday morning.
The outage was reported at 8:25 a.m. Jana Morris, spokesperson for PG&E, said a piece of equipment failed at a local substation.
Power was restored at around 9:51 a.m. Businesses in the Rose Pavillion and surrounding areas were open by 10 a.m.
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"We were able to identify the problem," she said. "Our priority was to get customers' power back on."
Morris said the reason for the failure is still under investigation.
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