Update: SMUD reroutes over 8,000 south Sacramento customers to another circuit, restoring power

Update: Power was restored late Thursday afternoon for over 8,000 SMUD customers in south Sacramento, after a circuit breaker failed and left them without electricity.

Sacramento Municipal Utility District crews rerouted customers to a different circuit, the company said in a statement.

Original story:

An outage early Thursday afternoon cut power for over 8,000 Sacramento Municipal Utility District customers in south Sacramento.

Local company equipment suffered some damage, SMUD said.

Nearly 500 customers reported a power outage in the Victoria neighborhood, according to SMUD’s outage map live estimates.

The cause — listed on the map as “damaged equipment” — is still uncertain, spokesperson Lindsay VanLaningham told The Bee.

“We have crews on the way right now,“ she said. “They’ll assess it when they get there to get a better indication of the actual cause.”

VanLaningham said the crews should reach the target location around 2:20 p.m.

SMUD estimates that power will be restored around 2:40 p.m. Thursday, according to the map. However, VanLaningham said timing could change when the cause of the incident becomes clear.

To check live updates, check SMUD’s live outage map.

This story was originally published August 22, 2019 at 2:21 PM.