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The Associated Press reports:
Millions of people in California woke up in the dark Wednesday after Pacific Gas & Electric started shutting off power to prevent what the utility called an unprecedented wildfire danger. PG&E said it cut power to more than 500,000 customers in Northern California and that it plans to gradually turn off electricity to nearly 800,000 customers to prevent its equipment from starting wildfires during hot, windy weather.
A second group of about 234,000 customers will lose power starting at noon, the utility said.The utility plans to shut off power in parts of 34 northern, central and coastal California counties to reduce the chance of fierce winds knocking down or toppling trees into power lines during a siege of hot, dry, gusty weather.Gusts of 35 mph to 45 mph were forecast to sweep a vast swath of the state, from the San Francisco Bay area to the agricultural Central Valley.
PG&E: We’re going to cut everyone’s power off.
Us: Who will be affected?
PG&E: A lot of people.
Us: For how long?
PG&E: Maybe 1 day. Maybe 5.
Us: Will MY power be cut?
PG&E: Maybe. Maybe not.
Us: What time?
PG&E: Maybe 4 a.m. Maybe noon. Maybe not at all.
— Carolyn Copeland (@Carolyn_Copes) October 9, 2019
Impossible to state enough: 800,000 customers (so prob ~2.4mm people) lose their power this week, in the richest state in the richest country on Earth, because of corporate greed and political malaise https://t.co/3jangTGnaY
— ᴅᴇʀᴇᴋ ᴍᴇᴀᴅ (@derektmead) October 9, 2019
Well done @reggieaqui interviewing PG&E spokesperson live on ABC7 Mornings…
Reggie challenges spokesperson several times about Gov. Newsom saying customers have a right to be outraged. pic.twitter.com/DzZgL3UoM5— Eric Shackelford (@ABC7Shack) October 9, 2019
Bottom line: if anything like what is projected plays out, this will be an unprecedented electric reliability event for California. 800k customers (prob 2.4 million people) losing power for 2+ days is not something that has happened in recent memory – probably not since 1989.
— Michael Wara (@MichaelWWara) October 8, 2019
PG&E cut power to ~800K homes in northern California because of strong winds it says could spark wildfires.
Its power lines caused the Camp Fire that killed 85 people there last year. The outages could last “several days.” pic.twitter.com/2rrB9nvL7z
— AJ+ (@ajplus) October 9, 2019
Pacific Gas & Electric began cutting off power across large swaths of Northern and Central California to reduce the dangerous effects of a potential “widespread, severe wind event” forecast for Wednesday. https://t.co/RRsNrVkhQH
— NPR (@NPR) October 9, 2019