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California Utility Cutting Power To 51,000 Customers Amid Dangerous Wildfire Conditions

• https://www.zerohedge.com, BY TYLER DURDEN

Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) in a press release said it made the decision to prevent winds from knocking down or fouling power lines and sparking new blazes, citing "dry offshore winds, extreme to exceptional drought conditions and extremely dry vegetation."

Power will be shut off in small portions of 18 northern California counties, including the Sierra Nevada foothills, the North Coast, the North Valley and the North Bay mountains, the company said.

"With these high winds and extremely dry climate conditions, we are focused on customer and community safety. It's never an easy decision to turn off the power for safety, but it is the right thing to do to keep everyone safe," PG&E Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer Marlene Santos said in a statement.

The release notes that the company expects "all clears" will occur around Wednesday afternoon.


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