Power lines in Carlsbad
Power lines in Carlsbad. (Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters)

San Diego Gas & Electric crews were working to restore power to Carlsbad and La Costa residents affected by an outage this morning.

The outage, which was reported at 4:50 a.m. Wednesday, originally affected 1,960 customers, but only eight were without electricity as of shortly before 9 a.m., according to the SDG&E website.

Power was estimated to be fully restored by 5 p.m.

The cause is under investigation, with a crew on the scene.

The utility reported a second outage at 7:44 a.m. Wednesday for the city of Encinitas and the communities of Cardiff-By-The-Sea and Olivenhain, affecting 335 customers.

SDG&E was also investigating that outage, and estimated that power would be restored by 5 p.m.