PG&E planned outages start in Northern California over fire danger
Many Pacific Gas and Electric customers are without power on Sunday as planned de-energizations start over critical fire weather.
Much of Northern California is experiencing windy and dry conditions on Sunday.
PG&E had warned that parts of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, Napa, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Solano and Yolo counties could likely see outages. Those de-energizations started a little after 5:30 a.m.
More outages are possible, with PG&E noting that they are continuing to monitor the weather. In total, PG&E says up to 4,700 customers across 15 counties could see outages.
Along with the planned de-energizations, PG&E customers are also dealing with a number of unplanned power outages – like in Davis, where about 2,700 customers are in the dark, and El Dorado Hills, where more than 5,100 customers are impacted.
Even other utility companies are seeing outages on Sunday. SMUD in Sacramento County is reporting more than 26,000 customers impacted across 55 outages, with large clusters in Natomas and the Grid in the dark.
Monday could also bring more power outages, according to PG&E's public safety power shutoff forecast, but there are now no longer planned outages on Tuesday.