Union City power outage Monday impacting thousands

(KRON) — A PG&E outage in and around Union City Monday morning was impacting thousands of customers. According to the Pacific Gas and Electric company’s outage map, the outage was impacting over 5,000 customers along the Union City Boulevard corridor and in the area of Coyote Hills Regional Park.

“There is an unplanned outage in your area,” read a message on the PG&E website. “Our team is evaluating the electrical system to identify damaged sections and make necessary repairs in order to safely turn the power back on.”

According to a PG&E spokesperson, the outage was impacting 5,220 customers at its peak. However, one hour into the repairs and 4,900 customers had their power restored. By 9:55 a.m., another 264 customers were restored. Currently, about 56 customers remain without power.

The outage, PG&E said, was caused by third-party contractors digging into a PG&E riser.

PG&E estimated that power would be restored around 12:45 p.m.

Further north, another PG&E outage was impacting hundreds, possibly thousands, of customers along the Hegenberger corridor in Oakland. PG&E officials estimate that power will be restored by 12:15 p.m. in that outage.