The Sunrise Powerlink in East County brings solar-generated electricity to San Diego. Photo courtesy SDG&E
Photo courtesy SDG&E

More than 600 homes and businesses were without electricity in Mira Mesa, Scripps Ranch and Sorrento Valley Saturday, according to San Diego Gas and Electric Company (SDG&E).

The lights went out at about 12:30 a.m. due to a combination of factors causing a problem in the electrical system, the SDG&E website reported. Electricity was expected to be restored by 1 p.m. for the 640 customers.

Another 106 customers were without power near Balboa Park and Golden Hill as of about 4:20 a.m. with restoration expected by 1:30 p.m., according to the utility.

A combination of factors caused the outage.

— City News Service