Public Safety · El Dorado County
~86,000 PG&E Customers Without Power; Restoration Estimated Saturday Morning
Approximately 85,698 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers remained without electricity across California on Friday morning as wildfire-prevention public safety power shutoffs entered their third day. Nearly 20,000 customers in El Dorado, Placer, and Amador counties were still affected, along with thousands more in Nevada, Yuba, Calaveras, San Luis Obispo, Madera, and Tuolumne counties. PG&E estimated power would return by Saturday morning or noon in many Sierra Nevada foothill communities, though restoration depends on safe weather conditions and equipment inspections. The utility activated its Emergency Operations Center in Vacaville and opened community resource centers for charging devices, Wi-Fi access, and supplies.