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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — With colder weather months approaching, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is reminding customers to call to schedule a free in-home safety inspection of their gas appliances. During the visit, PG&E will also relight pilot lights for customers who have heaters or other appliances that have been turned off during warmer months. Inspections help ensure that gas appliances, …

Crews and Resources Positioned Proactively to Restore Power Safely and as Quickly as Possible OAKLAND, Calif. — Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) crews are responding to local power outages from a storm system that is continuing to move through its service territory and is forecasted to last until Wednesday morning. Since Monday morning, PG&E has restored more than 60,000 customers who …

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF – The County of Santa Clara Registrar of Voters’ office in response to growing concerns over election security continues to increase public awareness with Election Security, Election Security FAQs, and Myth Busters information. The office is hosting the Coalition of Bay Area Election Officials website to increase voter confidence in the Bay Area that covers over …

OAKLAND, Calif. — A series of November weather systems is bringing welcome rain and snow to much of Northern California and serves as a reminder of the importance of winter storm safety. In addition to the rain and snow that fell earlier this week across Northern California, additional storm systems are expected to pass intermittently through the area beginning Saturday …

Given improved weather conditions, PG&E has notified all customers that no Public Safety Power Shutoffs will be necessary. We had previously notified about 5,800 customers in 13 counties and two tribal communities that a safety shutoff might be needed. Groups of customers were notified Sunday and Monday that a PSPS would not be needed. At 11 a.m. Monday, we have notified …

Given improved weather conditions, PG&E on Sunday afternoon reduced the scope of its potential Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) for this weekend. About 1,000 customers in portions of Glenn, Colusa, Stanislaus and Yolo counties are no longer being considered for a safety shutoff.  As of Sunday at 8 p.m., PG&E had not initiated a PSPS for any of the 5,800 …

No major change in terms of the scope of the PSPS this weekend. At this point, we anticipate this PSPS event is smaller in scale impacting very targeted, local communities. We will keep you posted if there is any changes in the scope. Potential affected counties and customers: o             Butte: 431 customers, 32 Medical Baseline customers o             Colusa: 559 customers, …

PG&E meteorologists are monitoring a weather system that could bring northerly winds to portions of Northern and Central California beginning Saturday morning (Oct. 22) and lasting into Monday. Due to this northerly wind event, combined with extreme to exceptional drought and extremely dry vegetation, PG&E is sending two-day-ahead advanced notifications to about 5,800 customers in targeted portions of 13 counties and two …

10 月和 11 月的天氣狀況，可能會提高 Public Safety Power Shutoffs 發生的可能性，作為防止森林大火的最後手段 【屋崙訊】為確保客戶在計畫的森林大火安全停電期間保持安全，太平洋煤電公司 (PG&E) 提供全新擴展的客戶資源，為今年秋季的 Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) 需求做好準備。由於強風可能導致樹木和碎片接觸通電電線並可能引發森林大火，因此 PG&E 可能需要在乾燥強風的天氣中關閉電源。 每年，PG&E 都會透過進一步改善識別並減輕災難性森林大火風險的能力，來強化 PSPS 計畫。與 2020 年相比，2021 年受 PSPS 影響的客戶減少了 88%，與 2019 年相比，2021 年 PSPS 停電的持續時間減少了 43%。 「系統改進和良好天氣，表示去年受 PSPS 影響的客戶人數，跟 2020 年和 2019 年相比來的更少。」PG&E 電力系統營運副總裁 Mark Quinlan 表示。「PG&E 繼續使用 PSPS 作為防止災難性森林大火的最後手段。每天，PG&E 都在努力應對加州不斷變化的氣候，降低服務區域各個部分的森林大火風險，並使系統更加安全。」 今年，PG&E 為客戶提供了許多工具，以幫助他們在計畫內的停電期間做好準備並保持安全： 發電機和電池回扣計畫  已擴展至位於 2 級或 3 級 High …

Điều kiện thời tiết tháng 10 và tháng 11 có thể làm tăng khả năng xảy ra Public Safety Power Shutoffs như một biện pháp cuối cùng để ngăn chặn cháy rừng OAKLAND, Calif. – Để đảm bảo khách hàng được an toàn trong thời gian cắt điện để đảm bảo an toàn cháy rừng theo kế hoạch, Pacific Gas …