The lights will go out in San Francisco.
This time, PG&E is taking preventative measures following the massive outage in the city just before Christmas, which left thousands of customers without power for days after a fire at one of their substations.
The upcoming planned outages will be the final testing of damaged equipment.
The first outage will happen shortly after midnight on Monday, Jan. 19, impacting about 3,600 customers near San Francisco’s Civic Center area.
The outage will last up to 12 hours, with power expected to be restored by noon on Monday.
The second outage is planned for the Richmond District. That will take place shortly after midnight Tuesday, Jan. 20, impacting 14,000 customers. The outage is expected to last two hours.
Supervisor Alan Wong is closely watching the situation.
According to the supervisor’s office, PG&E has agreed to participate in a hearing to look at December’s outages and their response.
That is scheduled for February 12.