PG&E Restores More Than Half of Customers Following Public Safety Power Shutoff
Posted by: thepinetree on 10/11/2019 07:52 AM
San Francisco, CA... Weather Conditions in Nearly All Counties Now Safe to Conduct Inspections, Repairs and Begin Power Restoration; Majority of Customer Resource Centers Will Remain Open on Friday; Windy Weather Should Subside in Kern County by Early Friday. Pacific Gas and Electric Company reported late Thursday that more than half of customers impacted by the Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) have had their power restored. About 426,000 out of a total 738,000 customers have been restored, including full restoration in Humboldt, Siskiyou and Trinity counties. About 312,000 customers remain without power.
PG&E Restores to 74 Percent of Customers Most Outages in Amador, Calaveras & Tuolumne Restored by 6pm.
Posted by: thepinetree on 10/11/2019 02:39 PM
San Francisco, CA...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.
PG&E Begins to Proactively Turn Off Power for Safety to Nearly 800,000 Customers Across Northern and Central California
Posted by: thepinetree on 10/09/2019 07:17 AM
San Francisco, CA...Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) confirmed that it has implemented the first phase of a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) across significant portions of its service area in response to a widespread, severe wind event.
During Power Outages Motorists Should Treat Non-Working Signals as All-Way Stops
Posted by: thepinetree on 10/09/2019 07:45 AM
Stockton, CA...Caltrans is preparing for widespread power outages beginning at midnight as PG&E cuts power to reduce the risk of wildfire. District 10 counties potentially affected are San Joaquin, Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa, Stanislaus and Tuolumne Counties, PG&E may potentially cut power early Wednesday, October 9 through midday Thursday, October 10. Motorists are reminded that the California Department of Motor Vehicle Driver Handbook mandates that non-working (dark) and flashing red traffic signals be treated as all-way stops during power outages. Drivers should proceed with caution through intersections and observe right-of-way rules.
PG&E is Monitoring a Severe Wind Event Later this Week That Could Impact Nearly 30 Counties Across Northern and Central California
Posted by: thepinetree on 10/07/2019 03:45 PM
San Francisco, CA...PG&E announced today that its meteorological and operations teams in its Emergency Operations Center continue to monitor a potentially widespread, strong and dry wind event Wednesday morning through Thursday afternoon. The event will impact northern, central, coastal and Bay Area counties across much of PG&E’s service area.
Arnold, CA...Mountain Passes Update....Hwys 88 Carson Pass, 108 Sonora Pass & 120 Tioga Pass Now Open...Ebbetts Remains Closed. This highway information is the latest reported as of Monday, September 30th, 2019 at 12:44 PM.
Arnold, CA...The early season storm has temporarily closed Hwy 120 Tioga pass and Hwy 108 Sonora Pass. Hwy 4 Ebbetts Pass has controls in effect over the summit. Hwy 88 Carson Pass had controls in place until a few minutes ago but has just dropped requirements. Drive Safe & Carry Chains, Blankets, Water & Food to tide you over if you are stranded in the high country.
