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Power has been restored to approximately 95,000 customers san francisco A large part of the city was affected after power failure on Saturday.
130,000 homes and businesses lost power due to blackout California A city of about 800,000 people, according to Pacific Gas & Electric Company, the city’s main utility firm.
The power outages plunged much of the northern part of the city into darkness, beginning in the afternoon in the Richmond and Presidio neighborhoods and areas around Golden Gate Park and growing in size.
PG&E did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the cause of the blackout, which affected about one-third of the utility company’s customers in the city.
Local media reported mass closures of restaurants and shops and streets that were dark and Christmas decorations up.
The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management said on the X that “significant transit disruptions” were occurring across the city and urged residents to avoid non-essential travel and to treat traffic signals as four-way stops.
“A major power outage is impacting San Francisco – call 9-1-1 only for life safety emergencies, avoid non-essential travel, treat traffic signals as four-way stops, keep refrigerator and freezer doors closed, and turn off major appliances to prevent surges.”
City transportation agencies said they were bypassing some Muni bus and BART train stations because of the power outages.
Fire officials posted around 3:15 a.m. that at least some of the blackouts were caused by a fire inside a PG&E substation at 8th and Mission streets.
At 4 p.m., PG&E posted on Twitter that it had stabilized the power grid and did not expect additional customer outages.
By 11 p.m., PG&E said crews had restored about 95,000 customers, including about 35,000 who remained without power service, adding that there were no injuries to workers or members of the public.