As of 3:00pm on Wednesday, Oct. 9th, most or all Humboldt County residents remained without power after Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) shut off power early Wednesday morning as part of a planned Public Safety Power Shutoff.
A “Medical Device Charging Station” is open at the Humboldt Bay Fire Training Classroom, Law enforcement officers will be conducting additional patrols to ensure public safety, and PG&E is planning to open a Community Resource Center (CRC) at Redwood Acres Fairgrounds at 8:00am on Thursday, Oct. 10.
In a Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) “Wednesday Evening Update” at approximately 7:00pm Wednesday night, PG&E reported that it had been given the “all clear” to immediately begin the process to restore power to Humboldt County.
Electricity will not be restored immediately to the entire county and residents should plan for another night without power.
While PG&E can use the same restoration techniques for this event as it uses for general storms, this is a significant outage and therefore restoration for Humboldt will happen in phases. Some residents may begin receiving power restoration as early as tonight, but full restoration may take several days.
Service restoration can cause power surges. Use caution when power is restored and watch for fire hazards as appliances come back online.
