Schools Announce More Closures Ahead Of Another PG&E Power Shutoff
Another PG&E power shutoff is beginning to take effect across Northern California, leaving more than half a million customers in the dark.
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Another PG&E power shutoff is beginning to take effect across Northern California, leaving more than half a million customers in the dark.
As PG&E prepares for another power shutoff, set to kick in on Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of people remained in the dark.
PG&E is spending billions of dollars, but not on fixing its broken system. Instead, the money is being poured into a promise to go green.
Congressman Josh Harder (CA-10) plans to introduce a bill written specifically to target PG&E for giving their executives bonuses while continuing to "neglect its infrastructure and cause blackouts."
As thousands of PG&E crews restore power, some people are already thinking about what's ahead.
While more than 600,000 customers remain without power from the Oct. 26 Public Safety Power Shutoff, PG&E announced Monday they are moving forward with another shutoff.
Pacific Gas & Electric says it failed to notify 23,000 customers, including 500 with medical conditions, before shutting off their power to prevent wildfires earlier this month.
PG&E announced on Sunday they are monitoring a third consecutive severe wind event expected to impact 32 counties across Northern and Central California on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Due to the ongoing PG&E power shutoffs, several schools announced they will be closed on Monday, October 28, 2019.
El Dorado Hills is just one area in the dark as a massive six-phase PG&E public safety power shutoff affecting over 940,000 customers across 36 counties has begun.
PG&E announced Friday that the total projected impact zone of this weekend's power shutoffs has grown to include 940,000 potentially affected customers.
Silicon Valley business leaders warn that power shutoffs and the unreliability of the electric grid threaten the state's thriving economy, including its important technology industry.
PG&E said they did immediately dispatch an employee to the scene, but the employee could not access the tower due to the active fire scene.
As hundreds of thousands of customers prepare for yet another possible power shutoff this weekend, some just got their lights back on after the Oct. 23.
There was growing frustration from customers and Governor Gavin Newsom over the threat of a third PG&E planned outage this weekend.
PG&E announced Friday that approximately 850,000 customers have been notified that they may be impacted by this weekend's potential power shutoffs.
Firefighters continued to battle the Kincade Fire in California as the state's largest utility said a transmission line broke near the blaze's origin point minutes before it ignited.
PG&E has started the process of restoring power to nearly 180,000 customers across Northern California Thursday, while even bigger outages loom around the corner.
As the Kincade Fire explodes in size, prompting thousands of evacuations, PG&E confirmed Thursday they had a downed powerline in the same area where the Kincade Fire started Wednesday night.
Crews have begun inspecting power lines to begin restoration ahead of another potential power shutoff this weekend.
Placerville and surrounding areas saw safety outages Wednesday night in their downtown area once again.
As power was shut off for the first of nearly 180,000 Northern California residents with a second round of preventive power outages Wednesday afternoon, PG&E's CEO confirmed another attack on a utility worker in the Central Valley.
The PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoffs are starting to become routine for some in Amador County.
PG&E is moving ahead with planned shutoffs starting at 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.
In Nevada City, California Organics Market and Cafe employees were busy clearing refrigerated displays that will soon lose power.
