GRASS VALLEY, Calif — Record breaking snowstorms in Northern California continue to test Pacific Gas and Electric [PG&E] equipment as the utility reports just under 55,000 Sierra division customers still without power Tuesday.
PG&E said in an update Tuesday morning that the customers impacted in the Sierra division are in El Dorado, Nevada, Placer and Sierra counties. Outages have also plagued other foothill communities in the Stockton and Yosemite divisions leaving residents in Amador, Calaveras and Tuolumne counties in the dark.
"We are doing everything we can, we have all hands on deck right now to try to restore the power safely and as quickly as possible." said Lynsey Paulo, a PG&E spokesperson.
Incident manager Mike Schutte with PG&E, says they have brought in crews from other areas to help restore power. Damage to PG&E equipment has been described as extensive with fallen trees blocking roads preventing crews from fixing a reported 123 different damaged sites. 50 of the damaged sites are in Auburn, 44 are in Placerville and 29 are in Grass Valley.
"They're coming from everywhere right now," said PG&E incident manager Mike Schutte. "We've broken up the local crews into assessment crews on individual circuits so they can concentrate on one location."
Outage impact by county
Amador County: 7,412 customers without power
Calaveras County: 8,378 customers without power
El Dorado County: 21,000 customers without power
Nevada County: 27,000 customers without power
Placer County: 10,000 customers without power
Sierra County: 1,300 customers without power
Tuolumne County: 5,090 customers without power
Outage impact by city
Grass Valley: 15,668 customers without power
Nevada City: 4,416 customers without power
Placerville: 6,425 customers without power
Pollock Pines: 4,774 customers without power
Resources
- To find out if your address is included in these outages, visit: pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outagecenter
- To report an outage, visit: pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outagecenter/report
PG&E's outage map shows power outages along I-80 in parts of Applegate and Colfax all the way up to Nevada City. Additional outages are affecting customers near Highway 50 near Placerville.
According to the map, PG&E crews are investigating the cause of the outage, but many of the areas do not give an estimated time that power will be restored.
View PG&E's outage map for the latest update
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