PG&E prepares to cut power to half a million homes in Northern California amid high winds and dry weather in second deliberate blackout this month

PG&E prepares to cut power to half a million homes in Northern California amid high winds and dry weather in second deliberate blackout this month

• Pacific Gas & Electric said shutoffs in the northern part of the state could potentially begin Wednesday and last for 48 hours
  
• They would affect some 200,000 customers in 16 counties in the Sierra foothills and to the north of the San Francisco Bay Area
  
• A huge portion of California is under high fire risk amid winds and soaring temps
  
• PG&E's announcement came about 10 days after more than two million people had their lights turned off by the utility when powerful winds whipped up