Thursday Afternoon Power Outages
Sonora, CA– A large number of Tuolumne County residents continue to be without power this afternoon due to recent storm activity.
PG&E Spokesperson Nicole Liebelt says there are currently 4,945 customers in Tuolumne County without electricity mostly in the Twain Harte and Mi Wuk Village areas. 1,580 are without power in Twain Harte, 1,300 are in Mi Wuk Village, 680 in Pinecrest, 675 in Long Barn, 400 in Sonora, 200 in Groveland, 80 in Jamestown and 30 in Tuolumne City.
In Calaveras County there are just over 500 residents without power. These PG&E customers are mostly in the Arnold area with 475. Avery has 50 customers without electricity and 15 are in Valley Springs.
There is not an estimated restoration time available.
“In this kind of storm situation we are certainly aware of many downed power lines and trees into lines,” said Liebelt. “We do rely on customers to give us a call at 1-800-743-5002 to alert us of any new hazardous situations.”
Written by tina.falco@mlode.com
