March 4, 2023 - A cold winter storm is moving into PG&E’s service area and will linger into mid-week, resulting in rain and breezy conditions systemwide and more low-elevation snowfall for the Humboldt area and northern Sierra.

As of Saturday morning, there were about 23,000 customer outages, the majority in Nevada, Santa Cruz, El Dorado and Tuolumne counties. Many of these are residual outages delayed due to access issues from snow accumulation, downed trees and blocked roads.

Since Feb. 21, PG&E has restored power to nearly 1.5 million customers, 77 percent in fewer than 12 hours.

“We want customers to know that we won’t stop working until every customer is restored. Our crews will keep working day and night, rain, snow or shine — when conditions are safe to do so — until the lights are back on for all customers,” said Eric Lamoureux, PG&E’s deputy incident commander.

On Saturday, there were 485 crews, as well as 11 helicopters and three drone teams, working to assess damage and restore power.

“We appreciate our customers’ continued patience and understanding as we do this important work,” Lamoureux said.

Customers are encouraged to check out the Outage Map for the latest restoration time estimates.
Source: PG&E