PSPS Update: Power Restored for Essentially All Affected Customers After Dry, Offshore Wind Event and Exceptional Drought Conditions Prompt Safety Shutoff
20 August 2021 - 10:22AM
Business Wire
Crews Patrol 3,200 Miles of De-Energized Power
Lines Before Safely Restoring Power
Inspections Find At Least 4 Instances of Damage
or Hazards to Electric Equipment That Could Have Sparked Wildfires
if Lines Were Energized
As of 5 p.m. today, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)
has restored power to essentially all of the approximately 50,000
customers impacted by the Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) event
that began Tuesday evening in targeted parts of 13 counties, the
majority in Shasta, Butte, Napa and Tehama counties.
Once the wind event passed in each affected area, PG&E crews
conducted ground and aerial patrols to inspect more than 3,200
miles of distribution and transmission lines for damage or hazards.
That’s a distance greater than driving from San Francisco to Miami,
Fla. The patrol and inspection efforts included more than 1,300
ground patrol units and 33 helicopters.
Damage and Hazards Identified
As of 5 p.m. today, preliminary data show at least 10 instances
of weather-related damage and hazards in the PSPS-affected areas;
at least four of these had the potential to cause wildfire
ignitions if PG&E had not de-energized power lines. Examples
include damaged equipment and vegetation and other debris on power
lines. More hazard and damage reports are being evaluated.
In areas where equipment was damaged by the wind event, crews
worked safely and as quickly as possible to make the repairs and
restore those customers.
More Information on PG&E PSPS Events
PG&E appreciates customers’ patience during this PSPS. The
decision to initiate a PSPS is not taken lightly and is done as a
last resort for public safety given the exceptional drought
conditions and dry, offshore wind that heighten wildfire risk.
PG&E will submit a report to the California Public Utilities
Commission detailing this PSPS event within 10 days of the
restoration of the final customers.
For more information on the PSPS event, visit
http://www.pge.com/pspsupdates.
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E
Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is a combined natural gas and electric
utility serving more than 16 million people across 70,000 square
miles in Northern and Central California. For more information,
visit pge.com and pge.com/news.
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