BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — Pacific Gas & Electric and SoCal Edison have released statements on recent power outages that affected more than 100,000 customers in California, including Kern County.
PG&E stated:
Overnight, our team closely monitored the first of two major winter storms. System-wide – Outages climbed quickly — from 40,000 customers at 12:30 a.m., to 59,000 by 1:30, 79,000 at 3 a.m., and 125,000 by 4:30 a.m. We also recorded a peak wind gust of 109 mph…