In case you haven’t heard: Tonight, sometime after midnight, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. will cut power to the southwest part of the Tenderloin, as well as to some surrounding areas.
PG&E plans to restore power by noon Monday at the latest.
Scroll down for a close-up map of the affected area.
We’re just three weeks into 2026 and it’s already been a hell of a year, full of stressors and other distractions — so the chances are good that there are Tenderloin residents who missed the memo and won’t be expecting this outage.
If you know someone in the affected area, please send them this story!
Monday’s planned outage will affect the red area. Map courtesy PG&E.
The affected area is bounded roughly by Gough Street to the west, Turk Street to the north, Hyde Street to the east, and Mission Street to the south, according to a map published by PG&E.
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The company is cutting the power as part of their process to repair their Mission District substation, which was damaged by a fire in December, causing a massive unplanned outage that affected more than 130,000 people. The incident sparked widespread anger against the utility, and reinvigorated a long-running public discussion about San Francisco buying PG&E’s electrical infrastructure and putting it under city management, Mission Local reported.
Next month the Board of Supervisors will likely hold a public hearing with PG&E, “where affected residents and business owners can raise concerns about response and claims with company representatives,” KQED reported.
Go here for more information on tonight’s planned outage, which could affect about 3,600 customers.
The week will see another planned outage, Tuesday night, affecting about 14,000 customers in the Richmond District for an estimated two hours.
I'm a journalist who has reported for years on San Francisco topics like homelessness, housing, and governance. I co-founded News Relay Network, publisher of the Tenderloin Voice, where I write and edit. Reach me at noah@tlvoice.org.
