Illustrative image: Rager Reservoir in foreground. Ravendale and Termo, California, with U.S. 395 slicing through them in the middle. Eagle lake in background. This is a great way to see northeast California — Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
The source record reports an active, unplanned power outage affecting 176 customers in Shasta County, California, and lists the cause as “PUBLIC SAFETY.” No estimated restoration time is provided.
An active, unplanned power outage in Alameda County, California, affects 78 customers. The reported cause is public safety; no estimated restoration time was provided.
An active, unplanned power outage in San Mateo County is listed as affecting 2,269 customers. The source identifies PGE as the utility and provides an estimated restoration time.
Illustrative image: High-voltage overhead power lines (pylon construction) close to Westerkappeln substation, Westerkappeln , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany — Dietmar Rabich/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
ENTSO-E reported a high, unplanned transmission-grid unavailability affecting the Germany and Luxembourg–Southern Sweden (SE4) connection. The source lists a minimum available capacity of 216 MW, a reported duration of 409 hours, and an expected end of October 31, 2026.
Argentina sought Interpol red notices against people linked to the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands. The United Kingdom asked Interpol to reject the requests, and Interpol reaffirmed its constitutional prohibition on political activity.
An active, unplanned power outage in Riverside County, California, affects 3,209 customers; the cause is being analyzed. No estimated restoration time was provided in the source data received by Planet Briefing.
Illustrative image: High-voltage power line (380 000 volts) via the A14 (E43 / E60) motorway at the Dornbirn Nord motorway exit. — Asurnipal/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
ENTSO-E reported a high-severity unplanned transmission-grid outage, with minimum available capacity of 2,400 MW and a reported duration of 168 hours. The listed expected end is 21 October 2026; downstream effects were not specified.
Illustrative image: MTA New York City Transit crews responded after a manhole fire knocked out power to electrical components along the F & G lines, including signals, late in the afternoon of Wed., July 1, 2015. Personnel brought in portable generators to restore service. Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit — Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Illustrative image: New Spicer Meadow Reservoir is a reservoir in Stanislaus National Forest in the Sierra Nevada, in Tuolumne County, near the Alpine County line, at an elevation of 6,621 feet (2,018 m). The 189,000 acre foot (233,000,000 m3) reservoir is formed by New Spicer Meadow Dam on Highland Creek, a tributary of the Stanislaus River. The 265-foot (81 m) tall dam is composed of rock-fill and was completed in 1989. Additional water is diverted from the North Fork of the Stanislaus River by the North Fork Div — Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
An active, unplanned power outage in Tuolumne County, California, affects 2,181 customers; PGE is the listed utility. No cause or estimated restoration time is provided.
An unplanned power outage is listed as active in Santa Clara County, California, affecting 1,179 customers. PGE is named as the utility, and the recorded cause is patrol activity.
An active, unplanned power outage in San Bernardino County, California, affects 8,690 customers served by SCE. The cause is being analyzed, and no estimated restoration time is listed.
Illustrative image: For whatever reason the good storms have been avoiding the Tucson area this year, depriving me of the opportunity to get good lightning shots! This is about the best that I've got so far, the storm was about 14-15 miles east of us. Really lighting up but the lightning was pretty much all cloud to cloud. With any luck and a sacrifice to the weather gods I'll hopefully be able to come up with something a bit better! BTW, the light spots up above the clouds are not hot pixels but stars! — A Guy Named Nyal/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
NWS Tucson reported expected east-to-southeast winds of 35–45 mph, with gusts of 55–75 mph, in areas from central Pima County eastward through 5 a.m. MST on October 17. The alert cites possible widespread power outages and difficult travel.
An active, unplanned power outage in San Bernardino County, California, is affecting 1,138 SCE customers. The cause is under analysis, and no estimated restoration time is provided.
An active, unplanned PGE outage is affecting 550 customers in Monterey County, California. The source does not provide a cause or estimated restoration time.
An active planned power outage in Orange County, California, affects 872 customers. The utility attributes the interruption to electric-system upgrades and says crews are working to restore service by the estimated restoration time.
An active, unplanned PGE outage in Contra Costa County affects 728 customers. The record lists an estimated restoration time and gives “PATROLLING” as the cause.
Illustrative image: Monterey County Jail, 142 W Alisal St, Salinas, California, USA. Viewed from the south. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America . Its reference number is 04001028 ( Wikidata ). — McGhiever/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
The source reports an active, unplanned outage affecting 1,348 customers in Monterey County, California. Cause and estimated restoration time were not provided.
