Amador & Calaveras Counties, CA…PG&E made significant progress today responding to outages now affecting approximately 2,300 customers in parts of Amador and Calaveras Counties due to the Electra Fire. PG&E has deenergized several distribution lines for firefighter safety in the area at the request of Cal Fire crews battling the Electra fire.

Working with Cal Fire, PG&E was given access to priority areas of the fire where are assets were no longer at immediate risk and was able to reenergize some transmission and distribution lines. PG&E also made progress today installing temporary generation which will allow us to reenergize more customers.

PG&E has been granted access to begin staging poles and other equipment at the Electra hydroelectric powerhouse so that we will be able to make repairs quickly and efficiently once we gain access to damaged equipment.

Here’s a link to Cal Fire report: Electra Fire Incident Report (ca.gov)