More than 12,000 customers still without power in Portland

A Pacific Power outage has stranded thousands of Portland customers without electricity.

As of 9 a.m. Monday, about 12,000 homes and businesses lacked power, according to the utility.

But close to 16,000 customers lacked power as of 5:17 a.m., when Pacific Power posted on social media that it expected power to be fully restored by 12:30 p.m.

"The cause of this outage is an emergency repair," the utility wrote.

This story will be updated.

— Beth Slovic is an editor on the public safety and breaking news team. Reach her at 503-221-8551 or bslovic@oregonian.com .