Over 34,000 PG&E Customers Without Power on California Fire Risk

May 18, 2026, 2:58 PM UTC

More than 34,000 homes and businesses remain without power across PG&E Corp.’s service area after a weekend outage due in part to dry and windy conditions that raised the risk of wild fires.

There were 659 outages impacting 34,322 customers as of 7:37 a.m. local time, down from 779 blackouts cutting power to nearly 57,500 homes and businesses late Sunday, the utility said on its website. The overall number of outages includes those that are planned to limit the risk of wildfires and unplanned disruptions.

Dry wind gusts of up to 50 miles (80 kilometers) per hour risk toppling ...

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