News Releases

Safety Inspections, Restoration Work Underway for All Counties Impacted by Oct. 26 Historic Wind Event; Power Restored to 325,000 Customers of 970,000 Impacted by Safety Shutoff
October 28, 2019  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — PG&E continues to restore customers impacted by the Oct. 26 PSPS, as it works to prepare for an additional shutoff planned to begin Tuesday, Oct. ...

CURRENT OCTOBER 26 PSPS EVENT: PG&E Expects to Issue Weather "All Clear" for Safety Inspections and Restoration Work to Begin Early Monday Morning for Northern Sierras and North Coast
October 27, 2019  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) reported that the company issued a weather "all clear" for the Northern Sierras and North Coast communities within its service ...

FUTURE OCTOBER 29 PSPS EVENT: PG&E Tracking New Severe Wind Event Tuesday/Wednesday Beyond the Current October 26 PSPS Event
October 27, 2019  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — PG&E emergency operations center, operations and meteorology teams, have been monitoring a new potentially widespread, strong and dry wind event Tuesday morning through midday Wednesday. This ...

PG&E is Monitoring a Third Consecutive Severe Wind Event for Tuesday and Wednesday that Could Impact Nearly 32 Counties Across Northern and Central California
October 27, 2019  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — PG&E announced today that its meteorological and operations teams in its Emergency Operations Center continue to monitor a new, potentially widespread, strong and dry wind event ...

PG&E Has Begun De-energization of its Electric Lines for Public Safety; Impacts Will Include Customers in Parts of 38 Counties in Northern and Central California; Historic Wind Event Will Affect 940,000 Customers and Last Through Monday
October 26, 2019  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — PG&E has begun de-energization of its electrical lines as part of a PSPS. The PSPS event will impact customers in portions of 38 counties in the ...

UPDATE: Potential PSPS Impact Zone Expands by 90,000 Customers
October 26, 2019  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Due to weather forecasts indicating potential for a historic wind event this weekend, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) confirmed it will implement a Public Safety ...

PSPS Update for Oct. 23 Shutoff Event: Nearly All Customers Impacted by Power Safety Shutoffs Restored
October 25, 2019  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — PG&E reported today that the 99% of customers impacted by the PSPS on October 23 had their power restored as of 5 p.m. ...

Forecasts Indicate Potential for Historic Wind Event This Weekend; Approximately 850,000 Customers Notified that They May Be Impacted Beginning Saturday Evening
October 25, 2019  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.— Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today said it continues to monitor a potentially powerful and widespread dry, hot and windy weather event expected to begin impacting ...

PG&E Restores 93% of Customers Impacted by October 23 Public Safety Power Shutoff Event
October 24, 2019  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Once receiving the weather “all clear” decisions across the state, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) reported Thursday at 9 p.m. that it had restored approximately ...

Electric Incident Report Filed with CPUC in Response to Kincade Fire
October 24, 2019  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.— Today, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) filed an Electric Incident Report with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) related to the Kincade ...