PSPS Updates: 32k PG&E Customers Without Power Thursday Evening
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is holding a briefing on the Public Safety Power Shutoff.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is holding a briefing on the Public Safety Power Shutoff.
Power shutoffs will go into effect beginning Wednesday evening as a fire-weather watch takes effect this week, Pacific Gas and Electric announced.
Fire crews from across the state were being deployed to Northern California, where hot, windy conditions Wednesday renewed the threat of fire in the region where massive blazes already have destroyed hundreds of homes and killed or injured dozens of people this year.
Activists are vowing to sit in trees near Pioneer Cemetery until Pacific Gas and Electric comes to the table to hear them out.
Fire investigators looking into what caused a wildfire that killed four people in Shasta County have taken possession of equipment belonging to Pacific Gas and Electric, the utility reported Friday.
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As the winds die down, Pacific Gas and Electric Company has given the "all clear" to start checking lines and restoring power to tens of thousands of people in the foothills.
Thousands of PG&E customers woke up in the dark after their power was turned because of the fire weather over the weekend.
For people who rely on their power to keep life-saving equipment in their home running, Public Safety Power Shutoffs can be especially stressful. For some, there are now lifelines available for people to count on during extreme fire conditions.
About 65,000 customers in 16 counties were impacted this weekend as part of a two-phase Public Safety Power Shutoff that will continue through Monday, Pacific Gas & Electric said on Saturday.
Approximately 97,000 Pacific Gas and Electric customers could lose power this weekend.
Approximately 21,000 customers in Yuba, Butte and Plumas counties are expected to be impacted by an anticipated Public Safety Power Shutoff on Saturday evening, Pacific Gas and Electric said in a news release on Thursday.
PG&E says it is offering backup batteries for some of its customers who rely on life-saving medical equipment that would otherwise not function during power shutoffs.
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The lights are back on for most PG&E customers who lost power due to the Public Safety Power Shutoff earlier this week.
People in nearly 172,000 homes and businesses in parts of California were sweltering Tuesday without electricity as Pacific Gas & Electric intentionally shut off power to prevent wildfires amid high winds.
PG&E cut power to approximately 172,000 customers Monday night.
It's the first Public Safety Power Shutoff of the year, but this time it's happening while many are stuck at home.
A Nevada County grocery store was racing to save its refrigerated products as the PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff took effect Monday.
PG&E's chief meteorologist said strong winds on the heels of triple-degree heat makes this power shutoff serious.
For weeks we've been dealing with fires and periods of triple-digit heat, but this is the first potential Public Safety Power Shutoff of the year.
Ashley Becker is one of the thousands of Pacific Gas and Electric customers on edge, waiting for the lights to potentially go out again.
As a brutal heat wave strikes the state, Pacific Gas and Electric said there is potential for a round of Public Safety Power Shutoffs as early as Monday evening and on Tuesday, including several areas in northern California, according to the utility's website on Sunday.
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A man has been arrested and charged in connection with the Tiger Fire that burned 118 acres in California's Amador County last summer and forced evacuations near Pioneer.
One person is dead and multiple others are injured after a crash in Stanislaus County Friday afternoon, officials said.