Power restored to thousands in Butte, Shasta counties after shutoffs
Northern California is bracing for an October heatwave this week that also saw thousands of people deal with power shutoffs.
Due to the elevated wildfire risk, PG&E says more than 13,000 customers in parts of 13 counties and two tribal areas were affected by Public Safety Power Shutoffs on Monday and Tuesday.
The county with the largest number of people affected was Shasta, where PG&E says 7,709 had their power cut.
Butte and Tehama also saw significant outages, with more than 1,500 people having been in the dark.
As of Monday afternoon, PG&E announced everyone experiencing outages could start to see their power restored by as early as the evening hours.
By early Tuesday afternoon, PG&E revealed that they had restored power to all but 231 customers in the communities of Big Bend and Round Mountain.
PG&E says customers should have been notified of the impending shutoffs early Saturday.
What counties are seeing PG&E power shutoffs?
PG&E says they forecasted a total of 13,455 customers across Northern California to see power shutoffs.
Butte, Colusa, Glenn and Shasta counties all had shutoffs begin Monday morning.
Here are the anticipated outage numbers, broken down by county: Alameda, 346; Butte, 1,585; Colusa, 545; Contra Costa, 286; Glenn, 464; Humboldt, 11; Napa, 140; San Luis Obispo, 33; Santa Barbara, 75; Shasta, 7,709; Sonoma, 268; Tehama, 1,927; Trinity, 62; Glenstone Rancheria, 44; Pit River Tribes, 6.
Magalia, one of the communities burned in the deadly 2018 Camp Fire, is one of the areas that lost power.