Nearly 86,000 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers remained without electricity across California on Friday morning as wildfire-prevention power shutoffs entered a third day, with many Sacramento-area foothill communities facing another night without electricity.
PG&E reported public safety power shutoffs were affecting 85,698 homes and businesses as of Friday morning. The utility began turning off electricity Wednesday evening to prevent its equipment from sparking wildfires during strong winds and dangerously dry conditions.
Nearly 20,000 customers in El Dorado, Placer and Amador counties were still without power as of 7:30 a.m. Friday, according to PG&E’s county outage figures…