San Francisco PG&E outages left more than 3,500 without power

More than 3,500 PG&E customers in San Francisco lost power Wednesday afternoon in a cluster of outages that affected pockets of the Mission and Potrero Hill.

PG&E's outage center listed 22 outages citywide. The cause was not immediately clear.

Service was mostly restored by just before 3 p.m., after the outages began around 2:10 p.m. local time.

What happened

The outage spread across central and eastern parts of the city, with the strongest impact reported in the Mission and Potrero Hill neighborhoods. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that more than 3,500 customers were affected.

The outage came amid a stretch of recent interruptions in San Francisco, including smaller outages in Bernal Heights, the Mission District and the Castro.

What is still unclear

PG&E had not immediately identified a cause for the outage. No additional restoration estimate was available in the reporting provided.

The main near-term questions are whether any customers remained without power after the initial restoration window and whether PG&E releases a follow-up explanation for the outage.