How to resolve AdBlock issue? The cities of Clearlake and Lakeport reported at about 3:15 p.m. that they had been notified by PG&E that the all-clear had been given.
PG&E has said that it will implement inspections of the electrical system before restoring power in order to identify any potential damage from the high winds that had been forecast around the region over the past few days.
Clearlake and Lakeport officials said the restoration process may take several hours or more to be completed because PG&E must perform the line inspections.
In the meantime, officials urged the public to “be respectful of and cooperate with PG&E workers so that their work can be completed quickly and safely.”
In Lake County, power had gone off in the early morning hours on Wednesday as part of a massive public safety power shutoff that was rolled out over 34 counties and an estimated 800,000 customers, a number which company officials indicated related to accounts, not all of the people who were impacted.
Of those impacted more than 37,000 customers were in Lake County, PG&E said. All populated areas of the county had power shut off, according to the company’s outage map.
Earlier on Thursday, with weather conditions improving, PG&E said it had given the all clear and started inspections for Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mariposa, Merced, Monterey, Placer, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Stanislaus and Tuolumne counties.
The National Weather Service continues to have a red flag warning in effect for Lake County and much of the rest of Northern California through 10 a.m. Friday due to fire weather conditions.
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