Updated PG&E power shutoff map: 54,000 customers could lose power in latest blackouts

Updated PG&E power shutoff map: 54,000 customers could lose power in latest blackouts

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https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/10/20/updated-pge-power-shutoff-map-54000-customers-could-lose-power-in-latest-blackouts/

Here we go again. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is expected to start shutting off power Wednesday to tens of thousands of customers across Northern California — for the second week in a row — as the latest in a string of dry and windy weather systems raises the risk of wildfires.

About 54,000 customers across parts of 19 counties and two tribal communities are likely to lose power because of the intentional blackouts meant to prevent PG&E’s equipment from sparking wildfires if it is damaged in the high winds, the utility said Tuesday afternoon. PG&E just finished restoring power on Friday to 41,000 customers who lost service during another shutoff event that began last Wednesday — the third in just over a month as California copes with a record fire year.