PG&E PSPS Update: Essentially All Customers Who Can Receive Electric Service are Now Restored
October 28 2020 - 6:12PM
Business Wire
Patrols and Inspections Confirm at Least 76
Instances of Damage or Hazards to Electric Equipment During the
Severe Offshore Wind Event Beginning Sunday Oct. 25
PG&E Has
Restored Power to Essentially All Customers Affected by the Oct. 25
PSPS
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has restored power
to essentially all customers who can receive service that were
impacted by the Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) event that began
Sunday morning, Oct. 25.
The PSPS event affected approximately 345,000 customers in
targeted portions of 34 counties: Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte,
Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn,
Humboldt, Lake, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada,
Placer, Plumas, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra,
Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne,
Yolo and Yuba. Customers in 17 tribal land communities were also
affected.
The weather “all clear” was given for all customers affected by
this PSPS event on early Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 27. PG&E crews
began patrols on the ground as early as Monday morning in areas
where it was safe to do so, and continued patrols into Wednesday to
inspect more than 17,000 miles of transmission and distribution
lines for damage or hazards. The patrol and inspection efforts
include nearly 1,800 ground patrol units, 65 helicopters and one
airplane.
PG&E crews began restoring customers in areas where they
found no damage or hazards to electrical equipment. 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.
“We know these power shutoffs are a hardship for our customers,
and we greatly appreciate their patience as we worked safely and
quickly to restore service. Amid historic weather conditions and
the strongest winds of the wildfire season so far, we aimed to
minimize the scope and length of the event. Our most important
responsibility has been to keep customers and communities safe,”
said Michael Lewis, PG&E’s Interim President.
Damage and Hazards Identified
Preliminary data shows at least 76 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.
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 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. Wind gusts as high as 89 mph were
recorded during this PSPS event.
PG&E will submit a report detailing damage 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.
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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