PG&E power shutoffs come amid multiple disasters already plaguing the state
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is warning residents to get ready for more power shutoffs to prevent another wildfire catastrophe. But the warning comes amid concurrent disasters already plaguing California.
PG&E: Power restored to nearly all customers in latest shutoff
The Public Safety Power Shutoff event that started Monday left 172,000 customers in 22 counties, including Napa and Sonoma counties, without power.
PG&E restores power to most customers in latest shutoff
At least 88 percent of an estimated 172,000 customers in 22 counties across California affected by PG&E's latest Public Safety Power Shutoff have had service restored, PG&E officials said Wednesday evening.
PG&E restoring power from preemptive shutoffs in the North Bay
Pacific Gas and Electric crews are still working to restore power for thousands of customers around the state and here in the Bay Area after the latest round of Public Safety Power Shutoffs.
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The targeted outages that began overnight to about 167,000 homes and businesses in central and Northern California are the first by Pacific Gas & Electric since critics blasted last year’s shut-offs as poorly executed and overly broad. Customers were still without power on Wednesday morning, but the utility said if all goes well, power will be restored by evening.
Restoration underway for nearly 200,000 PG&E customers whose power was shutoff
Specifically, the Public Safety Power Shutoff event is affecting those who live in these counties: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mariposa, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne and Yuba.
Full briefing: PG&E to shut off power in Napa, Sonoma counties amid heat wave, high fire danger
The electric company said it will turn off power to customers in three phases, the first of which begins on Monday night around 9 p.m. PG&E hopes to have power fully restored by Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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Large-scale power outages not expected Wednesday
The organization that oversees California's power grid does not expect large-scale power outages Wednesday, provided that residents across the state conserve energy during peak hours the way they did the previous three days.
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Threats of rolling blackouts continue, heat will return next week
California is on standby, until 11 p.m. for possible rolling blackouts if relentless demand for power is not tempered.
Power outages 'likely' for PG&E customers on Tuesday
PG&E again warned its customers to expect power outages up to two hours long on Tuesday afternoon and evening.
Heat wave still threatens California's power grid with outages
However, grid managers warned that the threat of outages remained as temperatures were expected to hit triple digits again in many areas of the state. The National Weather Service said it may take until Friday or Saturday before excess heat watches and warnings ease.
California spared rolling blackouts, future outages remain possible
Millions of residents were spared of blackouts on Monday night. The operator of California’s electric grid said it didn't have to implement rolling outages because enough people conserved power.
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Tens of thousands of Bay Area residents spent part of the record-breaking heat wave without power, including dozens of families in South San Jose who were without power for days.
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PG&E said these blackouts are not Public Safety Power Shutoffs and are not related to any issues with the electric company's equipment.