3/1/2023 1:45PM – Loma Prieta Mountaintop Outage

Service for customers fed from our Loma Prieta mountaintop site, including some customers in Gilroy, are experiencing a service issue due to an extended PG&E outage draining the backup power at the site. Cruzio engineers are taking numerous steps to keep this site online.

Our technicians have been notified of another service outage at this location, and are currently assessing the situation. There we be some downtime as we work to restore back-up power to the Loma Prieta site.

2/27/2023 1:00PM – Loma Prieta mountaintop outage [UPDATE]

PG&E is continuing to work to restore electrical service to our equipment up on Mt. Loma. Mountaintop access roads continue to be unsafe for engineers to access to refill our generator at this time. Cruzio engineers will continue assessing the situation and will access the site as conditions allow. This outage affects some customers in Gilroy, San Jose and surrounding areas, as well as some customers in Watsonville, including Jardines Del Valle. We will update this message as more information becomes available.

2/26/2023 7:50PM – Loma Prieta mountaintop outage [UPDATE]

PG&E is still working to restore electrical service to our Mt. Loma mountaintop site and Cruzio engineers estimate our battery backups will last approximately another hour.

Due to weather conditions and damage to the rural roads Cruzio engineers are not currently able to reach the site safely. We will continue to monitor the situation, and if PG&E has not restored electrical service by the morning, Cruzio engineers will re-assess accessing the site.

2/26/2023 10:15AM – Loma Prieta mountaintop outage

Service for customers fed from our Loma Prieta mountaintop site, including some customers in Gilroy, are experiencing a service issue due to an extended PG&E outage draining the backup power at the site. Due to storm damage the site is difficult to access, but Cruzio engineers anticipate reaching the location in approximately the next 30 minutes. We will update this message as additional information becomes available.

2/21/2023 5:50PM – Power outages affecting connectivity for downtown Santa Cruz and some areas of the County

Due to a widespread PG&E outage throughout the City and some parts of the County of Santa Cruz, connectivity will be impacted for some customers. Cruzio engineers are monitoring infrastructure sites throughout our network, and affected customers will come back online as local power is restored in their area. We will update this message as more information becomes available.