PG&E crews were out in force through the weekend and today as additional PG&E workers from outside the region arrived to assist local crews in power restoration in storm-damaged Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Since the storm began, PG&E crews have restored power to more than 120,000 customers in PG&E’s Sierra Division, which includes El Dorado, Placer, Nevada and Sierra counties.
As of 10:20 a.m., about 6,300 customers in the Sierra Division are without power.
A series of storms with deep snow and high winds and coupled with saturated soils caused many trees to topple into power lines. PG&E crews used snowcats, side-by-side vehicles, helicopters and even snowshoes to reach snowed-in areas.
Several hundred workers and contractors are in the field today generally working 16-hour days to restore power as quickly and safely as possible.
PG&E has been working closely with county emergency agencies and in two separate cases provided snowcats with operators to assist first responders in medical emergencies in El Dorado County.
As of 10:20 a.m. Monday, here are the current power outage counts by county:
- El Dorado: 4,255
- Nevada: 1,113
- Placer: 520
- Sierra: 279
- Amador: 3,064
- Calaveras: 5.064
- Tuolumne: 1,587
