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Power shutoff cancelled for Santa Cruz County

By Avery Johnson

November 19, 2019 1:29 PM

Published November 19, 2019 1:24 PM

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION) Santa Cruz County announced that a public safety power shutoff has been cancelled.

Monday afternoon, around 39,000 PG&E customers in the areas of Santa Cruz, Santa Clara and San Mateo were told they could be part of a possible shutoff. Earlier in the day 264,000 customers were told that they were at risk of having their power shut off as a precaution

More than a third of Santa Cruz County was affected by PG&E power shutoffs in October.

PG&E began doing power shutoffs this fire season to prevent fires caused by the utility's equipment.

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Avery Johnson

Avery Johnson is the Digital Content Director at KION News Channel 5/46.

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