{"id":419817,"date":"2021-01-22T21:26:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T02:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=419817"},"modified":"2021-01-22T21:26:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T02:26:16","slug":"pge-restores-nearly-all-customers-following-historic-windstorm-prepares-for-winter-snow-and-rain-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/pge-restores-nearly-all-customers-following-historic-windstorm-prepares-for-winter-snow-and-rain-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"PG&E Restores Nearly All Customers Following Historic Windstorm, Prepares for Winter Snow and Rain Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PG&E Restores Nearly All Customers Following Historic Windstorm, Prepares for Winter Snow and Rain Next Week<\/b><\/p>\n

PG&E Has Restored Approximately 98 Percent of Wind-Related Outages<\/i><\/p>\n

PG&E Maintains Community Resource Centers in Hardest-Hit Areas<\/i><\/p>\n

New Weather System on Track to Bring Unsettled Conditions to Service Area Beginning Sunday, with Heavy Rains, Gusty Winds and Snow at Lower Elevations<\/i><\/p>\n

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)–
\nPacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) crews have restored nearly all customers who lost electricity following a powerful windstorm that raked the company\u2019s service area Monday through Wednesday.\n<\/p>\n

\nBy mid-day Friday, approximately 98 percent of the nearly 400,000 customers who lost power during the windstorm had had their power restored. This includes the customers affected by a small, targeted Public Safety Power Shutoff in the southern part of PG&E\u2019s service area that began Monday night and lasted through Wednesday morning.\n<\/p>\n

\nEven as the company works safely and as quickly as possible to restore around 8,500 customers who remain without power in especially hard-hit communities in the Sierra Foothills and Santa Cruz Mountains, PG&E meteorologists are monitoring a winter system that could bring wet and stormy weather to the service area beginning Sunday and lasting through next week.\n<\/p>\n

\n\u201cThe year is off to an active start on the weather front, and we stand ready as a One PG&E team to respond safely and as quickly as possible to extreme conditions,\u201d said Sumeet Singh, PG&E\u2019s interim president. \u201cWe are tremendously grateful to our customers for their patience as we continue to work to restore power in areas significantly affected by intense winds. The safety of our customers and the communities we serve is our most important responsibility, and we are tracking incoming weather to mobilize fresh crews and additional resources to respond to this potential winter storm system.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Restoration continues<\/b><\/p>\n

\nPG&E crews continue to inspect and repair power lines in the Santa Cruz Mountains and in the Sierra foothills in portions of Mariposa and Madera counties. Wind gusts were recorded as high as 80 mph in the Santa Cruz Mountains and more than 60 mph in the Sierra foothills, and in both of these locations, winds toppled trees, power lines, utility poles and other debris earlier in the week.\n<\/p>\n

\nDue to access issues on local roads and the amount of damage to PG&E\u2019s electrical infrastructure, PG&E customers in these areas may experience outages through the weekend.\n<\/p>\n

\nTo support customers without power, PG&E opened Customer Resource Centers. The CRCs will remain open today as restoration continues. For more information, visit www.pge.com\/crc<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\nPG&E updates estimated restoration times at pgealerts.alerts.pge.com\/outages\/map\/<\/a>, so customers can get a better sense of when power will be restored to their address.\n<\/p>\n

Winter weather ahead<\/b><\/p>\n

\nPG&E\u2019s meteorology team forecasts a relatively cold and strong weather system will move through the company\u2019s service area late Sunday into Tuesday, delivering breezy to gusty winds, widespread rain and mountain snows dropping at elevations as low as 2,000 to 3,000 feet.\n<\/p>\n

\nA second weather system with a broad trough of moisture could affect the service area beginning Tuesday, bringing moderate to heavy rain and gusty winds. Forecasts show colder and unsettled weather with a chance of rain and mountain snow potentially continuing through next week.\n<\/p>\n

\nPG&E\u2019s 7 Day Public Safety Power Shutoff Potential forecast<\/a> does not currently indicate the need for PSPS events related to this incoming system, but weather conditions can change quickly. We remind our customers to have an emergency plan, and to provide PG&E with up-to-date contact information.\n<\/p>\n

Storm safety tips<\/b><\/p>\n