In 2019, metallic balloons striking electric lines caused 376 power outages in PG&E’s service area, causing outages in more than 179,000 businesses and homes.

Metallic balloons on power lines were the cause of 332 power outages for PG&E in 2023, according to the company, affecting more than 157,000 homes and businesses. The average outage caused by a ...

By 2028, the state will begin phasing out sales of the balloons. By 2031, they will become illegal contraband.

LOS ANGELES-- With Valentine's Day this Saturday, Southland utility companies issued their annual warning for people to avoid letting metallic balloons touch power lines. The heart-shaped foil ...

(And here’s a $326 gold letter balloon charm so you can have one close to your heart at all times.) ... After metallic balloons caused almost 1,000 power outages in California in 2015, ...

Unfortunately, it is supported by the soaring number of metallic-balloon-caused outages. SCE, while not on the record pace of the last two years, is not far off, having experienced 280 of the outages ...

Metallic balloons. The Kissimmee Utility Authority in Central Florida said 339 homes lost power in January 2016 after a balloon, made from the metalized nylon substance mylar, touched power lines ...

Metallic balloon hits power line, plunges nearly all of New Orleans into boil water advisory, officials say. Story by Ken Daley • 11mo. N EW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A boil water advisory was issued for ...