Roughly 110,000 PG&E prospects have service once more following a serious energy outage Saturday in San Francisco that left properties at midnight, stalled site visitors and shut down eating places, retailers and vacation lighting shows.
PG&E stated on social media that the remaining 21,000 with out energy are concentrated in Golden Gate Park, the Presidio, the Richmond District and small areas downtown. The corporate stated it couldn’t provide a exact time-frame for full restoration however would proceed to offer updates.
“The harm from the hearth in our substation was vital and intensive and the repairs and protected restoration can be complicated,” PG&E posted Sunday morning on X. “We have now mobilized further engineers and electricians.”
The hearth broke out inside a PG&E energy substation at about 2:15 p.m. Saturday, in line with the San Francisco Hearth Division. It was beneath management by 4:24 p.m.
The division has warned in opposition to utilizing gasoline stoves, grills and mills indoors, saying energy outages can improve the dangers of carbon monoxide publicity.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and town Division of Emergency Administration on Saturday urged residents to keep away from nonessential journey and take further warning on the darkened roads.
On Sunday, Lieutenant Mariano Elias with the San Francisco Hearth Division stated the outage had not prompted a spike in accidents.
“Essentially the most frequent calls we had final night time because of the energy outages was individuals caught in elevators and fireplace alarms going off,” he stated. “These had been the majority of lots of the calls we had. Apart from that, there’s nothing massive happening proper now.”
Tesla’s driverless taxis continued to function all through the blackout.
“Tesla Robotaxis had been unaffected by the SF energy outage,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote Sunday on X.
Waymo, a rival firm that additionally gives driverless robotaxi companies, suspended operations Saturday, citing security considerations.
