1,000 Clovis customers lose power ahead of Super Bowl

UPDATE, 3:45 P.M.: Electricity has been restored to most customers affected by an outage Sunday afternoon in east Clovis, according to PG&E, though 13 homes will remain without power for an extended period.

The outage was blamed on a vehicle that ran into a utility pole in the area of Bullard and Highland avenues. No further details on the crash, including whether anyone was injured, were provided.

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More than 1,000 PG&E customers in Clovis were without power early Sunday afternoon — and facing the likelihood it would not be restored until after the kickoff of the Super Bowl.

According to PG&E’s outage map, there were 1,199 customers affected in an eastern section of the city.

The outage was reported about 1:40 p.m. in an area with boundaries east of De Wolf, south of Herndon, west of McCall and north of Shaw avenues.

PG&E said the cause of the outage remained under investigation.

Estimated restoration was set at 4:30 p.m., according to the PG&E website, or about one hour into the big game.

Kick off of Super Bowl LV is scheduled at 3:30 p.m. at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla.

The Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers will square off on CBS (KGPE-47).

This story was originally published February 7, 2021 at 2:51 PM.