Nation Lights out? PG&E plans to shut off power for more than 800K customers in California to reduce wildfire risk October 8, 2019October 9, 2019 John Bacon, USA TODAY Comments Off on Lights out? PG&E plans to shut off power for more than 800K customers in California to reduce wildfire risk Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison may shut off power for nearly a million customers in an effort to prevent wildfires.