Thousands of San Diego Gas & Electric customers have lost power in areas such as Solana Beach, Encinitas, Cardiff-By-The-Sea, Torrey Pines, Del Mar and other communities in the North County area.
The utility says the outage occurred shortly before 9 a.m. Around 9:40 a.m., SDG&E said more than 10,000 customers were without power. By 11:45 a.m., SDG&E said about 6,600 people were impacted.
Power restoration is expected by 12:30 p.m. Crews are still assessing what caused the outage.
SDGE An SDGE map shows thousands of outages in North San Diego County, Dec. 13, 2021.
We will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.