SMUD outage in downtown Sacramento area leaves 2,500 customers in the dark
A SMUD power outage briefly affected thousands in the downtown Sacramento area Thursday evening.
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District reported the outage at 5 p.m., and more than 2,500 were without electricity. By 5:30 p.m., all but 465 customers, mainly in the midtown and Boulevard Park neighborhoods, were restored.
As of 6:45 p.m., the blackout had been lifted for all but a handful of customers.
SMUD spokesman Robert Tokunaga said the cause of the outage was unknown but personnel were on their way to determine the issue and restore power.
This story was originally published January 2, 2020 at 5:28 PM.