California public safety power shutdowns

[Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>]

Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison have started Public 
Safety Power Shut-offs (PSPS) in California wildfire high-risk areas.

Shut-offs are taking place in three phases. PG&E began shutoffs at 
midnight in Northern California and the North Bay counties, while the rest 
of the Bay Area is scheduled to begin losing power in waves at noon. A 
possible third phase will occur later in the day in the southernmost parts 
of the PG&E service area in the San Joaquin Valley and Central Coast.

Southern California Edison said it's considering cutting power to more 
than 100,000 customers in eight counties. The utilities haven't said how 
many people the outages will affect in all.