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Under the new Public Safety Power Shutoff program, the utility is prepared to shut down power in nine geographic areas with high wildfire risk if it detects extreme weather and fire conditions.
This drew so much power from the transmission lines on the San Francisco Peninsula that 25 other sub-stations in the city automatically and immediately shut down. Power was not fully restored until almost 4:00 pm PST the same day. Economic costs were estimated in tens of millions of dollars. [61]
The 2019 California power shutoffs, known as public safety power shutoff (PSPS) events, were massive preemptive power shutoffs that occurred in approximately 30 counties in Northern California and several areas in Southern California from October 9 to November 1, 2019, and on November 20, 2019, by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas ...
The storm had already shut down the South Friday — schools and government offices were closed and states of emergency declared as it started to disrupt travel. ... The Georgia Department of ...
States with areas largely affected by the Southwest Blackout of 2011. The 2011 Southwest blackout, also known as the Great Blackout of 2011, [1] [2] was a widespread power outage that affected the San Diego–Tijuana area, southern Orange County, Imperial Valley, Mexicali Valley, Coachella Valley, and parts of Arizona. [3]
Sep. 29—Winds whipped through Spokane on Sunday, carrying dust, red flag wildfire warnings and loss of power for thousands across the region. Winds blowing through the region sustained speeds of ...
In the United States, government shutdowns occur when funding legislation required to finance the federal government is not enacted before the next fiscal year begins. In a shutdown, the federal government curtails agency activities and services, ceases non-essential operations, furloughs non-essential workers, and retains only essential employees in departments that protect human life or ...
(7:10 a.m. ET) Stretches of I-70 Shut Down Due To Ice Transportation officials in north-central Kansas urged people to stay at home as crews tried to treat roads covered in ice late Saturday.