3,000 Plumas customers remain without power
Plumas County residents aren’t the only ones in the dark. This afternoon, Dec. 16, PG&E crews are working to restore power to approximately 10,100 customers in Shasta, Tehama, Butte and Plumas counties safely and as quickly as possible after the two weather events that came through the North Valley this week.
The numbers are fluctuating, as part of the restoration process, but they are coming down as crews continue to restore power to more customers today. The approximate breakdown is as follows in the larger areas:
Butte County: 4,400 customers impacted
Plumas: 3,000
Shasta: 1,500
Tehama: 551
The hardest hit communities with the most customers currently impacted by those above numbers are Forest Ranch, Lake Almanor, Magalia, Quincy, Shingletown and Westwood.
PG&E has multiple crews working to make repairs and restore power safely and as quickly as possible after gusty winds, heavy rain and snow brought down trees and limbs into PG&E equipment, knocking out power to customers in several communities. In some cases, trees have come down on power lines, creating tension and breaking power poles.
There are some customers who will be experiencing an extended outage and PG&E has been reaching out to those customers with an automated phone call. Those who may not get power restored until tomorrow will receive an automated phone call today. There are customers in the following areas who should be receiving an automated phone call about an extended outage:
- Quincy, Magalia/Stirling City, Lake Almanor, Forest Ranch, Westwood, Shingletown, Lakehead
PG&E reminds customers to stay away from downed power lines because they could be energized and are extremely dangerous. Report them to 911 and then PG&E at 1-800-743-5000.
Customers can look up outage information for their area, or a loved one’s area, at pge.com/outages.
