PG&E Investigating Outage That Knocked Out Power to 24,000 Customers in East Contra Costa County

Pacific Gas and Electric said Friday that it is still investigating what caused a power outage to customers in the City of Antioch, City of Brentwood and City of Oakley on Thursday.

The outage began at 4:10 pm where the East Bay experienced a transmission-level outage. At the peak, 24,776 customers in parts of Antioch, Oakley and Brentwood were affected.  Power was restored by 5:25 pm.

All effected customers have had their power restored as of Friday.

“The safety of our customers and the communities we serve is our most important responsibility,“ said Tamar Sarkissian. “The cause of the outage is under investigation.”