Nation A new round of PG&E power outages could put 500,000 Californians in the dark for days October 22, 2019 John Bacon, USA TODAY Comments Off on A new round of PG&E power outages could put 500,000 Californians in the dark for days California's largest utility says it could shut off power to 500,000 people this week as wildfires again threaten to bring havoc to 15 counties.