Local residents impacted by planned PG&E power shutoffs use generators, candles
and last updated 2021-01-19 23:01:59-05
Hundreds of PG&E customers on the Central Coast are without power due to a Public Safety Power Shutoff.
Those impacted are primarily just east of Highway 101 between Arroyo Grande and Santa Maria in unincorporated areas like Huasna or near the Twitchell Reservoir.
The PSPS went into effect just after 8 Tuesday morning for parts of San Luis Obispo and Northern Santa Barbara Counties. Gusty winds prompted PG&E to turn off power for the more than 460 residents. You get in this canyon like this and the wind really blows, said Steve High who lives in rural Nipomo not far from Upper Los Berros Road.