PSPS UPDATE: PG&E Continues to Make Progress: Power Restored to 74 Percent of Customers Impacted by PSPS
October 11 2019 - 3:44PM
Business Wire
PG&E Announces Weather “All Clear” in 34
of 35 PSPS Impacted Counties
Windy Weather Should Subside in Kern County
by Midday Friday, No Weather All Clear Yet
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) reported Friday at
12:00 p.m. that approximately 543,000 customers impacted by PSPS
have had their power restored, including full restoration in
Humboldt, Siskiyou, Trinity and Yolo counties. Less than 195,000
customers remain without power.
Outage/Restoration Numbers
Approximately 738,000 total customers were impacted by the PSPS
event from the Northern Sierra to the Greater Bay Area to Kern
County. Approximately 543,000 customers have been restored. Less
than 195,000 customers remain to be restored.
Weather All Clear
Weather conditions have improved and an “all clear” decision was
extended to 34 of 35 counties impacted by the Public Safety Power
shutoff (PSPS), except for Kern County. Early Friday, PG&E
declared a weather “all clear” in Butte, Plumas and Yuba
counties.
Safety patrols and inspections, which can only take place during
daylight hours, began again at daybreak on Friday with more than
6,300 on-the-ground field personnel and 44 staged helicopters.
Customers will be restored throughout the day and evening once
safety patrols, inspections and necessary repairs are complete
County-by-County Restoration
PG&E initiated a PSPS on Wednesday due to hot, windy weather
across its service area. Wind gusts in excess of 70 miles per hour
were recorded Wednesday evening and into Thursday.
Percentage of customers restored by county as of 12:00 p.m.:
County
% Restored
ALAMEDA
86%
ALPINE
0%
AMADOR
51%
BUTTE
31%
CALAVERAS
55%
COLUSA
81%
CONTRA COSTA
95%
EL DORADO
51%
GLENN
87%
HUMBOLDT
100%
KERN
2%
LAKE
56%
MARIN
80%
MARIPOSA
34%
MENDOCINO
69%
MERCED
19%
NAPA
75%
NEVADA
36%
PLACER
69%
PLUMAS
0%
SAN JOAQUIN
45%
SAN MATEO
86%
SANTA CLARA
94%
SANTA CRUZ
67%
SHASTA
58%
SIERRA
0%
SISKIYOU
100%
SOLANO
96%
SONOMA
78%
STANISLAUS
96%
TEHAMA
76%
TRINITY
100%
TUOLUMNE
48%
YOLO
100%
YUBA
34%
OTHER*
82%
* Other includes Fresno, Madera, Monterey, Sacramento, San
Benito, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara.
Damage to Equipment
PG&E has identified 23 instances of weather-related damage
to its system in the PSPS-impacted areas, and the company is
working to address these repairs.
Customer Resources
During the period of the PSPS, customers in impacted areas will
not be billed, and PG&E has paused disconnection and collection
activities in these areas.
Twenty-six PG&E Community Resource Centers remain open
throughout the service area to provide water, phone charging
stations, air-conditioned seating and restrooms for customers. Over
3,300 customers utilized the centers on Thursday. To view the full
list, click here.
Customers can visit pge.com/pspsupdates for more
information.
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E
Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is one of the largest combined natural gas
and electric energy companies in the United States. Based in San
Francisco, with more than 20,000 employees, the company delivers
some of the nation’s cleanest energy to 16 million people in
Northern and Central California. For more information, visit
www.pge.com and www.pge.com/news.
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