Around 875 households in San Francisco's Chinatown and Nob Hill neighborhoods were left without power for hours Friday afternoon, according to PG&E.
By 4:07 p.m., a spokesperson for the utility giant said power had been restored to all but four customers.
Local supervisor Aaron Peskin posted on X at 2:44 p.m. Friday that the utility company was on the scene and working to restore service to impacted customers.
🚨ALERT: A power outage is affecting 1,430 utility customers in the Nob Hill and Chinatown neighborhoods. @PGE4Me is on scene and I'm working to get an estimate as to when power will be back on. @SF_emergency @lowernobhill @LowerPolk @chinatowncdc @SFCCC415 @cyc_sf @ChinatownYMCA
— Aaron Peskin (@AaronPeskin) October 6, 2023
A PG&E spokesperson said the outage began around 1:20 p.m.
PG&E's power outage map showed structures near Pine Street between Larkin and Taylor streets were without power for a few hours.
Peskin said that he got a call from a constituent in Jackson Square about lost power around 2:23 p.m., indicating the outage extended beyond Chinatown and Nob Hill.
"I've been to this rodeo before," Peskin said. "Immediate concerns are food spoilage and lost business revenue on a Friday night."
PG&E originally estimated that the power would be restored by 11:30 p.m. and that it aimed "to restore power as safely and quickly as possible."