By Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P]
After the weather improved, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that it has restored power to nearly 55 percent of customers affected by outages that began Tuesday due to high winds that combined with a lack of rain and extremely dry vegetation to increase the risk of wildfires.
In a statement issued Wednesday night, the company said it expects services to be fully restored by 22:00 Thursday.
The utility has 25 community resource centers in 11 counties that remain open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. to assist customers who may be affected by this event.
The counties affected were: Butte and Shasta, Humboldt, Tehama, Glenn, Trinity, Lake, Lassen, Sierra, Plumas, Yolo, Yuba, Mendocino, Napa, Solano and Sonoma.
PG&E said its meteorologists continue to monitor weather conditions from the utility's Emergency Operations Center in San Francisco and will provide updates as they become available.
With information from Bay City News
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