Emergency Management Utilities Questions to Ask about the PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff October 9, 2019 by Addison Shaw Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), the California-based utility that provides service to almost two-thirds of the state, initiated a public safety power shutoff (PSPS) on October 9th to around 500,000-800,000 of its customers. Most of those customers reside in the northern part of the state in counties surrounding San Francisco and Sacramento. A lesser portion also resides around Los Angeles. Read more »