Constant power outages leave Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta residents frustrated [Video]

RIO VISTA, Calif. — Just over 1,000 PG&E customers are without power Thursday night in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The public utility expects electricity to be restored by 2 a.m. Friday, but residents wonder when, not if, power will go out again.

“It’s very frustrating, to say the least,” said Chris Wakeman, owner of Downtown Rio Vista’s Foster’s Bighorn restaurant.

Wakeman was forced to close his 90-year-old business early due to an unplanned power outage Wednesday. The blackout, however, was not a normal one. People impacted say power went out, was restored, then went back out again. It’s an issue longtime residents say they have dealt with for years, picking up in the last few weeks.

“Equipment has been harmed by it,” said Wakeman. “Last year it was a $4,200 compressor… Loss of food when we had some bad power …