PG&E Issued Weather “All Clear” for All
Areas at 1:45 PM Today
Aerial, Vehicle and On-The-Ground Patrols
Confirm at Least 36 Instances of Damage or Hazards to Electric
Equipment So Far
106 Community Resource Centers Provide Water,
Restrooms, Device Charging and More
PG&E Partners with Community-Based
Organizations to Assist Customers with Medical, Financial, Language
and Aging Needs Before, During and After PSPS events
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) restored power
Tuesday morning to more than 228,000 of the approximately 345,000
customers impacted by the Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) that
started Sunday morning on Oct. 25.
PG&E crews began restoring power to customers where no
damage or hazards to electrical equipment were found during
inspections that began as early as Monday morning in locations
where the weather “all clear” was received. In areas where
equipment was damaged by the severe wind event, crews worked safely
and as quickly as possible to make the repairs and restore those
customers.
Due to continuing high winds and dynamic weather conditions, the
weather “all clear” notification for the remaining impacted areas
was issued at 1:45 PM today. Following this all clear, PG&E
crews are now beginning power restoration efforts in areas that are
still out of power. These remaining customers are expected to have
power back on by late Tuesday evening or early Wednesday
morning.
PG&E crews will have patrolled over 17,000 miles of
transmission and distribution lines for damage or hazards before
all customers have been restored. The patrol and inspection efforts
include nearly 1,800 ground patrol units, 65 helicopters and one
airplane. Preliminary data shows at least 36 identified instances
of weather-related damage and hazards in the PSPS-affected areas.
Examples include downed lines and vegetation on power lines. If
PG&E had not de-energized power lines, these types of damage
could have caused wildfire ignitions.
PSPS Restoration
PG&E has restored 228,000 customers as of this morning and
expects all remaining customers to have power back on late Tuesday
evening or early Wednesday morning. Restoration may be delayed for
some customers if there is significant damage to individual lines,
which could be caused by wind-blown branches and other debris.
The restoration process PG&E follows includes:
- Patrol – PG&E crews work to look for potential
weather-related damage to the lines, poles and towers. This is done
by foot, vehicle and air.
- Repair – Where equipment damage is found, PG&E crews
isolate the damaged area from the rest of the system so other parts
of the system can be energized.
- Restore – Once the system is safe to energize,
PG&E's Control Center can complete the process and restore
power to affected areas.
- Notify Customers – Customers are notified that power has
been restored.
For more information on the PSPS event, visit
pge.com/pspsupdates.
Extreme Winds Recorded Across Service Area
Winds in de-energized areas due to PSPS were observed as
follows:
County
Max recorded sustained winds
(mph)
Max recorded wind gusts
(mph)
Sonoma
76
89
Napa
54
82
Contra Costa
55
74
Lake
57
71
Placer
42
71
Alameda
52
66
More Information on PG&E PSPS Events
PG&E’s goal is to have essentially all customers affected by
the PSPS who can receive power to be restored within 12 daylight
hours of the weather “All Clear” for each affected area.
PG&E uses a PSPS only as the last resort to protect
community and customer safety against wildfires, given dry and
windy weather, dry vegetation and an elevated fire risk across
portions of its service area.
PG&E will submit a report detailing damages from the severe
weather conditions to the California Public Utilities Commission
within 10 days of the completion of the PSPS.
For more information on the PSPS event, visit
pge.com/pspsupdates.
Community Resource Centers
To support our customers during this PSPS event, PG&E opened
106 Community Resource Centers (CRCs) that operate from 8 a.m. to
10 p.m. throughout the event. These temporary CRCs will be open to
customers when power is out at their homes and will provide
ADA-accessible restrooms, hand-washing stations, medical-equipment
charging, Wi-Fi, bottled water, grab-and-go bags, and
non-perishable snacks. As of this morning, about 21,000 customers
have visited a CRC.
PG&E updates its CRC locations regularly. Click here for
updates.
Support for Customers with Medical Needs
PG&E is also partnering with 55 community-based
organizations (CBOs) to assist customers with medical, financial,
language, and aging needs before, during, and after PSPS events.
These activities include:
- Collaborating with the California Foundation for Independent
Living Centers (CFILC) through a grant program to support the
Access and Functional Needs (AFN) community. This support for
customers with medical and independent living needs includes:
- Enabling qualifying customers who use electrical medical
devices to access backup portable batteries
- Emergency preparedness outreach and education
- Promotion of Medical Baseline Program
- Accessible transportation resources
- Hotel stays
- Food stipends
- Working with 20 food banks and 17 local Meals on Wheels
chapters.
- Expanding availability of materials in American Sign Language
(ASL).
- Providing emergency information in 13 languages.
- Establishing an advisory group to help create solutions for
emergency preparedness for customers with medical needs.
Details about these resources are at our website at
pge.com/disabilityandaging
Also, as of Oct. 27, PG&E provided approximately 1,700
portable batteries to customers to support backup power,
including:
- Approximately 700 portable batteries provided to customers
through CFILC’s Disability Disaster Access and Resources
Program.
- Approximately 1,000 portable batteries provided to customers
through PG&E’s Portable Battery Program.
Prevention, Preparedness and Support
It is important that PG&E has your current contact
information so you can be notified and be better prepared if a
wildfire or PSPS event may impact your home or business. To set up
your alerts, visit pge.com/alerts.
With the increased wildfire threat our state faces, PG&E is
enhancing and expanding our efforts to reduce wildfire risks and
keep our customers and communities safe. Our Community Wildfire
Safety Program includes short, medium and long-term plans to make
our system safer. For tips on how to prepare for emergencies and
outages, visit our Safety Action Center at
safetyactioncenter.pge.com.
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 23,000 employees, the company delivers
some of the nation's cleanest energy to 16 million people in
Northern and Central California. For more information, visit
pge.com and pge.com/news.
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