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PSPS Update; PG&E Issues Weather "All Clear" for Safety Inspections and Restoration Efforts to Begin in Many Areas

PCG | October 10, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO

Continues to Monitor Weather Conditions in Many Areas including Bay Area

Restoration Progress Continues: 126,000 Customers Restored

Pacific Gas and Electric Company reported that improving weather conditions in some parts of the areas affected by the Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) have allowed for an “all clear” to be issued for safety inspections, repair and restoration efforts to begin in many areas.

Updates

All clears have been declared in the following areas to begin inspections and assess if equipment is safe to resume electric delivery services.

County	Total Customers Notified	Weather Event
Alpine	633	All Clear
Amador	16,041	All Clear
Calaveras	23,708	All Clear
El Dorado	51,396	Partial All Clear
Mariposa	1,812	All Clear
Merced	14	All Clear
Monterey	3	All Clear
Placer	51,641	Partial All Clear
San Joaquin	52	All Clear
San Mateo	14,766	Partial All Clear
Santa Clara	38,250	All Clear
Santa Cruz	36,940	Partial All Clear
Stanislaus	1,088	All Clear
Tuolumne	34,413	All Clear

PG&E crews will visually inspect power lines to look for potential weather-related damage to the lines, poles and towers. This is done by vehicle, foot and air.

More than 30 PG&E Community Resource Centers remain open throughout the service area to provide water, phone charging stations and air-conditioned seating for customers. To view the full list, visit here.

Resources supporting the restoration include more than 6,300 on-the-ground field personnel and 44 helicopters. Crews will conduct visual inspections and will make repairs as necessary if any damage is found.

Kern Update

Power was turned off for safety to approximately 4,000 customers in Kern County this morning.

Weather updates

Dangerous weather conditions are expected to continue in some parts of the Sierra Foothills and Bay Area until midday Thursday. Similar conditions in Kern County are beginning late morning Thursday and lasting through midday Friday.

About PG&E

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is one of the largest combined natural gas and electric energy companies in the United States. Based in San Francisco, with more than 20,000 employees, the company delivers some of the nation’s cleanest energy to 16 million people in Northern and Central California. For more information, visit www.pge.com and www.pge.com/news.