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.