PG&E shut-off: Here is when your power is going back on in California

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Northern Californians who have been sitting in the dark since as long as Saturday may soon have their power turned back on.

PG&E issued the"all clear" late Wednesday morning for all counties except Kern, meaning the forecast no longer called for dangerously strong winds. After the second period of high winds in a week prompted PG&E to preemptively plan outages to mitigate fire risk, utility crews are now inspecting lines for damage. Once that process is completed — and any necessary repairs made — then power can be turned on.

As of Wednesday morning, PG&E's outage map began listing approximate power restoration times for some of its intentionally blacked-out areas.

Keep in mind, these times are approximated by PG&E, so you'll want to periodically check their map to see if things change. If repairs must be done, outage times could increase. There are also many areas that still list no estimated time of restoration. The map updates every 30 minutes.

(Editor's note: The times below were updated at 3 p.m.)

Marin — Oct. 31 at 9 p.m.

West Marin — No ETA

San Ramon area — Oct. 30 at 9 p.m.

Solano County — No ETA

Sonoma County — No ETA, as shut-offs are in many zones affected by Kincade Fire evacuations

Rural areas on the Peninsula — Restored

Redding area — No ETA

Mendocino — Oct. 31 at 9 p.m.

Parts of rural Placer and Nevada counties have the latest expected time of restoration, with some spots not anticipated to get power back until Nov. 2.

Due to improving weather conditions, Pacific Gas and Electric early Wednesday canceled deliberate power shutoffs for customers in Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties that had been scheduled to start Tuesday.

This reduced the total scope of the Oct. 29 outage by 30,000 customers to about 510,000 customers in portions of 22 counties.

The National Weather Service cancelled a Wind Advisory as the gusty conditions below 2,500 feet have calmed. However, a Red Flag Warning, signaling critical fire weather, still remains in effect.

SFGATE digital reporter Amy Graff contributed to this report.

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Katie Dowd is an SFGATE Senior Digital Manager. Contact: katie.dowd@sfgate.com