Hundreds of thousands of PG&E customers avoided rolling blackouts Wednesday thanks to the conservation of energy by Californians.
More than 525,000 PG&E customers were alerted that their power could go out Wednesday evening, as extreme heat continues across California.
In the Bay Area, heat-related issues with equipment had already downed electricity to about 20,300 PG&E customers in the South Bay, and another 5,100 around the region at around 5 p.m., according to PG&E.
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The California Independent System Operator directed the state's utilities to prepare for rotating power outages but thanks to the public, those were avoided.
As of 5:15 p.m., the ISO website showed capacity at 56,737 megawatts and demand at 49,585 megawatts.
"However, out of an abundance of caution, PG&E has given advanced notification to approximately 525,277 customers to prepare for potential rotating outages this evening in case they need to take place," PG&E said in a news release.
California ISO asked residents to conserve power during Wednesday’s Flex Alert from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
To find out if you’d be affected by rotating outages, check out the PG&E outage map below.
