More than 4,000 PG&E customers were suddenly left in the dark across several San Francisco neighborhoods today, cutting power to homes and businesses in the Inner Sunset, Haight-Ashbury, Mount Sutro, Golden Gate Park and the Castro during a busy midmorning stretch. Neighbors reported lights flickering, some traffic signals going out and crews fanning across the area. It was not exactly the kind of late-morning jolt residents were hoping for, and there was no immediate estimate on when the lights would come back.
Officials point readers to outage map
According to PG&E, as of 11:26 AM, the utility’s outage center listed 4,189 customers without power across 15 active outages in San Francisco County, with 3,968 customers tied to unplanned outages and 221 to planned maintenance. The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management said in an X post that the outage hit parts of Golden Gate Park, Inner Sunset, Haight-Ashbury, Mount Sutro and the Castro.
A large, unplanned power outage is impacting PG&E customers in parts of Golden Gate Park, Inner Sunset, Haight-Ashbury, Mount Sutro, and Castro Neighborhoods.
— San Francisco Department of Emergency Management (@SF_emergency) June 25, 2026
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Another outage after earlier disruptions
The Thursday disruption followed on the heels of a separate outage one day earlier, when more than 3,500 PG&E customers lost power Wednesday afternoon, as reported by the San Francisco Chronicle. That kind of repeat blackout is exactly what city officials have been warning about as they push for greater local control of electric service.
A Dec. 20, 2025 substation fire caused a citywide blackout that affected more than 130,000 customers, a Board of Supervisors resolution notes. In that document, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors lays out the city’s continued interest in acquiring PG&E assets in an effort to improve reliability.
What residents should do
If your power is out, officials say your first stop should be the utility’s outage page. Check PG&E for the live outage map, and call 1-800-743-5002 for restoration estimates. City emergency officials also urged residents to steer clear of any downed power lines, use flashlights instead of candles, and check on elderly or medically vulnerable neighbors while crews work to restore service.
Officials did not immediately provide a cause for the outage. This story will be updated as utilities and city agencies release more information.
