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Safety Shutoffs Will Begin Between 5 PM and 10 PM Depending on Location
Weather All Clears Anticipated for Wednesday Afternoon, Allowing Power Restoration to Begin
PG&E to Open 36 Community Resource Centers in 17 Counties to Support Customers
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) confirms that it is in the process of implementing a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) affecting about 51,000 customers in small portions of 18 counties focused in the Sierra Nevada foothills, the North Coast, the North Valley and the North Bay mountains.
The safety shutoff is due to a combination of dry offshore winds, extreme to exceptional drought conditions and extremely dry vegetation.
Since Saturday, PG&E meteorologists have been tracking the weather system, which could bring sustained winds of up to 40 mph, gusting higher in foothills and mountains. The National Weather Service has issued Fire Weather Watches in the area today through Wednesday based on forecasts for dry, northerly winds and low relative humidity. And the Northern California Geographic Area Coordination Center’s North Operations Predictive Services has issued a high-risk fire warning today through Wednesday due to “an unusually gusty early-season” wind event.
Timeline for safety shutoffs
The times below are estimates and may change (earlier or later) dependent on the dynamic weather environment. Times below as of 5 p.m. on August 17, 2021:
Time Period
De-energization Start
Counties
1
5 p.m., Tues 8/17
Shasta, Tehama, Yolo
2
6 p.m., Tues 8/17
Butte, Colusa, Contra Costa, Glenn, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Napa, Plumas, Solano, Sonoma
3
7 p.m., Tues 8/17
Trinity
4
10 p.m., Tues 8/17
Alameda, Sierra, Yuba
PG&E anticipates weather “all clears” will occur Wednesday, August 18, in the afternoon with varying times depending on individual locations.
Counties and Customers Potentially Affected
County
Customers
Medical Baseline
Alameda
18
0
Butte
7,221
746
Colusa
568
34
Contra Costa
334
29
Glenn
375
21
Lake
4,563
353
Lassen
58
1
Mendocino
1,138
46
Napa
6,849
277
Plumas
550
16
Shasta
15,836
1,361
Sierra
17
1
Solano
1,093
79
Sonoma
1,864
69
Tehama
9,437
867
Trinity
61
0
Yolo
366
12
Yuba
432
45
*The following Tribal Communities located within these counties will be impacted by this event:
Restoration to Begin Wednesday Afternoon
PG&E will notify customers on Wednesday when the weather system has passed and will provide continuous updates on when to expect the power to turn back on.
Once conditions are clear, our electric crews will begin patrolling in the air depending on the levels of smoke impacting our visibility, in vehicles and on foot to check de-energized lines for hazards or damage to make sure it is safe to restore power. Restoration steps include:
“With these high winds and extremely dry climate conditions, we are focused on customer and community safety. It’s never an easy decision to turn off the power for safety, but it is the right thing to do to keep everyone safe,” said Marlene Santos, PG&E Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer. “We understand how disruptive and inconvenient it is to lose power. The sole focus of a PSPS is to keep our customers safe. As soon as this extreme weather passes, our crews will be inspecting our equipment and the vegetation around it, making repairs and restoring power as soon as it’s safe to do so. In the face of extreme and exceptional drought, we must do everything possible to protect lives, homes and businesses. We are incredibly grateful to our customers for their patience as we take the necessary steps to reduce the risk of wildfire across our service area.”
How Customers Can Prepare
Generator Safety
Backup power can be a vital part of any emergency preparedness plan in the event of a power outage. PG&E’s residential and business customers can review key considerations, safety tips, financing and retailer information by visiting pge.com/backuppower.
Community Resource Centers
PG&E will open 36 Community Resource Centers (CRCs) in 17 counties to support customers affected by this event. View the most current list of CRCs at www.pge.com/pspsupdates. CRCs will open Tuesday starting at 5 p.m. and close at 10 p.m. and then reopen at 8 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. for the remainder of the shutoff.
During a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS), we open CRCs where community members can access resources, including:
To keep our customers and communities safe, all resource centers reflect appropriate COVID-19 health considerations and federal, state and county guidelines.
We are offering 16 outdoor sites to supplement the 20 indoor CRCs and provide more options for customers.
More Customer Resources Than Ever Before
We are doing more to help customers and communities before, during and after PSPS events.
To reduce the effects of PSPS events, we are listening to our customers and responding to feedback by providing more information and better resources. This year, we are:
Here’s Where to Learn More
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is a combined natural gas and electric utility serving more than 16 million people across 70,000 square miles in Northern and Central California. For more information, visit pge.com and pge.com/news.
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