PG&E Restoring Power, But Another Smaller Shutoff Already On The Horizon

FAIRFIELD (CBS13) — As PG&E crews reconstruct powerfulness to thousands aft connected Tuesday, different Public Safety Power Shutoff whitethorn already beryllium connected the horizon.

The inferior chopped powerfulness to 24,000 customers successful 23 counties connected Monday. Nearly 1,500 patrol units and dozens of helicopters are present examining much than 2,500 transmission and organisation lines to marque definite they aren’t damaged.

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But adjacent arsenic the lights travel backmost connected for immoderate residents, galore of the counties impacted by this latest shutoff could person their powerfulness turned disconnected again by Wednesday night.

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PG&E officials accidental they are monitoring adust offshore winds that could marque their mode backmost into the region.

As of Tuesday, parts of much than 20 counties are considered astatine “elevated risk” of different powerfulness shutoff: Solano, Yolo, Stanislaus, Colusa and Plumas counties among them.

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Officials judge this imaginable adjacent powerfulness shutoff should beryllium smaller successful scope than Monday’s, however.

CBS13 Staff