Crescent City Power Outage, Nov. 28

CRESCENT CITY, Calif. (Nov. 27, 2019) — Pacific Power crews worked throughout the night making repairs to storm-damaged equipment in Northern California and Southern Oregon to restore power to customers affected by a powerful Pacific storm with high winds and heavy snow in the mountains. The number of customers affected has been reduced significantly from approximately 19,000 at the peak of the storm to approximately 1,700 by 10 a.m. Wednesday. “Restoration continues and crews will continue working to restore power as quickly as possible. Pacific Power has arranged for additional assistance to come from other locations to respond to outages in the harder hit areas and we expect to see good restoration progress throughout the day,” said David Lucas, Pacific Power vice president, operations. Pacific Power is supporting a community meal at the Foursquare Church in Crescent City on Thursday. Anyone in the community is invited to participate, including any who might still be affected by a power outage. Details for the event are available here: https://www.facebook.com/events/932037670528746/  Community Thanksgiving Dinner – Thanksgiving Day, 12-2 p.m. at the Del Norte Fairgrounds, 421 Hwy 101 N, Crescent City, Calif. For those still without power, we sincerely thank you for your patience as we work to quickly and safely restore service. For updates with the most current estimated restoration times, check Pacificpower.net/outage or text OUT to 722797. Customers can also use the Pacific Power mobile app or their online account to receive text or email updates on outages.