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SAN FRANCISCO - Over 3,600 San Franciscans were left without power on the afternoon of New Year's Eve as PG&E fixed an unplanned outage. 

The power outage began at 2 p.m., affecting 3,646 customers as of 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday. 

The utility originally estimated the outage would be fixed by 7:15 p.m. before revising that timeframe to 4 p.m. Power was restored to the area by about 3:58 p.m., less than two hours after the outage was initially reported, PG&E announced.

"We apologize for the recent, repeated service interruptions to our customers in the SF-Richmond district area, and appreciate their patience as we work quickly and safely to restore power," PG&E's Communication Director John Kaufman said.

Recent PG&E outages

The backstory:

Wednesday's outage comes after a myriad of utility issues in San Francisco – including the massive blackout days before Christmas that left over 125,000 PG&E customers in the dark. 

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