6:26 AM: About 990 South Bay PG&E customers are still without power due to several outages triggered by recent stormy weather, PG&E spokeswoman Fiona Chan said.
An outage in San Jose was reported at around 4:15 p.m. Chan said at 4:30 p.m. that PG&E crews were at the site investigating the cause and expect to restore service to the 600 affected customers by early this evening.
Hundreds of other South Bay customers are still without service due to earlier outages.
The overall number outages has been dropping across the Bay Area throughout the day while crews responded to restore power to thousands of affected customers, Chan said.
Along the Peninsula, about 2,800 customers were without power at 8:45 a.m. Eight hours later, that number was reduced to 50, Chan said.
The East Bay has 50 customers without service, down from 190, and San Francisco residents are fully online, although 400 customers were left powerless this morning.
In the North Bay, 100 customers remain without power, down from 350 at almost five hours ago, Chan said.
PG&E officials are urging customers to use caution as the stormy weather persists through this weekend.
If an outage occurs, customers should use battery-operated flashlights in lieu of candles, Chan said, and officials recommend unplugging or powering off electric appliances to avoid overloading circuits when power returns.
Downed power lines should be treated as “live” or energized, and customers should call 911 and notify PG&E, Chan said.
11:35 AM: The number of power outages in the Bay Area are dropping this morning as PG&E crews have responded to thousands of customers who lost power, largely due to stormy weather, a utility spokeswoman said.
The Peninsula, which had 2,800 customers without power as of 8:45 a.m., had only 180 as of 10:45 a.m., PG&E spokeswoman Fiona Chan said.
The East Bay is down to 20 from 190 and San Francisco is down to 40 from 400.
The South Bay is still in the dark with 460 affected customers.
The North Bay is up to 400 customers without power, an increase from the 260 reported earlier this morning.
PG&E officials are urging customers to use caution as the stormy weather persists.
If an outage occurs, customers should use battery-operated flashlights in lieu of candles, Chan said.
Officials recommend unplugging or turning off all electric appliances to avoid overloading circuits when power returns.
Downed power lines should be treated as “live” or energized, and customers should call 911 and notify PG&E, Chan said.
9:38 AM: Thousands of Bay Area residents were without power this morning, largely due to stormy weather in the region, PG&E officials said.
The Peninsula was hit hardest, with 2,800 customers without power as of 8:45 a.m., PG&E spokeswoman Fiona Chan said.
The South Bay had 430 customers without power, San Francisco had 400, the East Bay nearly 200, and the North Bay about 260, Chan said.
PG&E officials are urging customers to use caution as the stormy weather persists.
If an outage occurs, customers should battery-operated flashlights in lieu of candles, Chan said.
Officials recommend unplugging or turning off all electric appliances to avoid overloading circuits when power returns.
Downed power lines should be treated as “live” or energized, and customers should call 911 and notify PG&E, she said.
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