California Wildfire Power Outage August 18, 2021
The nation's largest utility provider, Pacific Gas & Electric, shut off power for approximately 48,000 California customers Tuesday night as part of a planned safety measure in response to worsening wildfire weather conditions, the company said. PG&E said Wednesday afternoon that it has begun restoring power in some locations, and that remaining customers will have their power restored on Thursday.
"It's never an easy decision to turn off the power for safety, but it is the right thing to do to keep everyone safe," PG&E executive vice president Marlene Santos said in a Tuesday statement.
