Preparation and Recovery

1+ hour, 49+ min ago   (254+ words) Update: 4:55 p.m. PG&E Marketing & Communications Principal of Chico Paul Moreno gave a statement via email on the cause of the outage. “The power outage occurred when a transmission switch inside the substation south of the CUSC campus failed,” Moreno said....

5+ hour, 44+ min ago   (244+ words) A large, unplanned power outage knocked out electricity to Bayview and Visitacion Valley Tuesday morning, leaving roughly 2,694 PG&E customers in the dark across San Francisco's southeastern neighborhoods. The disruption, first flagged in a social media alert, is the latest…...

15+ hour, 49+ min ago   (1175+ words) Most people buy a $60 power bank for their phone and think they've checked the box. That's camping gear for a short delay. A real multi-day outage needs different math: watt-hours, not "phone charges." I'm Mike, a union lineman in New…...

20+ hour, 57+ min ago   (792+ words) According to KGTV, more than 2,800 San Diego Gas & Electric customers were without power last Friday, forcing three Ramona Unified School District campuses to close in California. Meanwhile, the unusually hot conditions were expected to continue into mid-October. SDG&E's outage…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (377+ words) "The best part about this is that you don't have to constantly run the generator." For one Reddit user planning a budget backup-power setup, the challenge was fitting the key pieces together for less than $1,000. Their outline included an RV…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (98+ words) CONTRA COSTA COUNTY — 451 PG&E customers are without power Monday morning in the Norris Canyon area of unincorporated Contra Costa County, just west of San Ramon, according to PG&E. The outage was reported at 8:53 a.m. Monday, and is estimated…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (100+ words) NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding division is dealing with a shipyard-wide power outage that is also affecting much of downtown Newport News. First and second shift shipbuilders are being told not to report to work. Essential…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (94+ words) RELATED VIDEO: Dominion Energy crews work to restore power to residents after weekend storms. NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) -- Newport News Shipbuilding is experiencing a shipyard-wide power outage Monday morning, according to a Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) spokesperson. First shift employees…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (224+ words) San Diego Gas and Electric customers are on alert for potential power outages in Ramona today due to a Public Safety Power Shutoff. A limited number of customers were without power in the Ramona area from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. this morning. As…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (138+ words) Sacramento Bee Authorities on Friday evacuated employees from the historic West Wing of the California state Capitol in downtown Sacramento after receiving reports of a threat at the nearby Annex construction site. The California Highway Patrol was assessing the threat,…...