San Francisco, CA…Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) reported Friday at 12:00 p.m. that approximately 543,000 customers impacted by PSPS have had their power restored, including full restoration in Humboldt, Siskiyou, Trinity and Yolo counties. Less than 195,000 customers remain without power.

Outage/Restoration Numbers

Approximately 738,000 total customers were impacted by the PSPS event from the Northern Sierra to the Greater Bay Area to Kern County. Approximately 543,000 customers have been restored. Less than 195,000 customers remain to be restored.

Weather All Clear

Weather conditions have improved and an “all clear” decision was extended to 34 of 35 counties impacted by the Public Safety Power shutoff (PSPS), except for Kern County. Early Friday, PG&E declared a weather “all clear” in Butte, Plumas and Yuba counties.

Safety patrols and inspections, which can only take place during daylight hours, began again at daybreak on Friday with more than 6,300 on-the-ground field personnel and 44 staged helicopters. Customers will be restored throughout the day and evening once safety patrols, inspections and necessary repairs are complete

County-by-County Restoration

PG&E initiated a PSPS on Wednesday due to hot, windy weather across its service area. Wind gusts in excess of 70 miles per hour were recorded Wednesday evening and into Thursday.

Percentage of customers restored by county as of 12:00 p.m.:

County % Restored
ALAMEDA 86%
ALPINE 0%
AMADOR 51%
BUTTE 31%
CALAVERAS 55%
COLUSA 81%
CONTRA COSTA 95%
EL DORADO 51%
GLENN 87%
HUMBOLDT 100%
KERN 2%
LAKE 56%
MARIN 80%
MARIPOSA 34%
MENDOCINO 69%
MERCED 19%
NAPA 75%
NEVADA 36%
PLACER 69%
PLUMAS 0%
SAN JOAQUIN 45%
SAN MATEO 86%
SANTA CLARA 94%
SANTA CRUZ 67%
SHASTA 58%
SIERRA 0%
SISKIYOU 100%
SOLANO 96%
SONOMA 78%
STANISLAUS 96%
TEHAMA 76%
TRINITY 100%
TUOLUMNE 48%
YOLO 100%
YUBA 34%
OTHER* 82%
* Other includes Fresno, Madera, Monterey, Sacramento, San Benito, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara.

Damage to Equipment

PG&E has identified 23 instances of weather-related damage to its system in the PSPS-impacted areas, and the company is working to address these repairs.