PG&E May Proactively Turn Off Power for Safety in Portions of 12 Counties
October 14 2018 - 12:14AM
Business Wire
Due to expected extreme fire danger conditions including the Red
Flag Warning from the National Weather Service and several other
weather factors, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today
announced it may be proactively turning power off for safety and
conducting a Public Safety Power Shutoff in several northern
California cities within the next 24 hours.
PG&E could take the action of turning off the power for
safety as early as late Saturday night into early Sunday morning.
The greater likelihood is potentially turning off the power for
safety in advance of Sunday evening wind event that is forecasted
to last into Monday morning.
To help reduce the risk of wildfire and to keep our customers,
their families and their homes and businesses safe, the company may
be turning off power in parts of the following extreme fire risk
areas:
- Lake County (Clearlake, Clearlake Oaks,
Clearlake Park, Cobb, Finley, Hidden Valley Lake, Kelseyville,
Lakeport, Lower Lake, Middletown)
- Napa County (Angwin, Calistoga, Deer
Park, Lake Berryessa, Napa, Pope Valley, Saint Helena)
- Sonoma County (Cloverdale, Geyserville,
Healdsburg, Santa Rosa)
- Yuba County (Brownsville, Camptonville,
Challenge, Dobbins, Marysville, Oregon House, Strawberry
Valley)
- Butte County (Berry Creek, Brush Creek,
Clipper Mills, Feather Falls, Forbestown, Oroville)
- Sierra County (Alleghany, Downieville,
Goodyears Bar, Pike City, Sierra City),
- Placer County (Alta, Applegate, Auburn,
Baxter, Colfax, Dutch Flat, Emigrant Gap, Foresthill, Gold Run,
Loomis, Meadow Vista, Weimar)
- Nevada County (Chicago Park, Grass
Valley, Nevada City, North San Juan, Penn Valley, Rough and Ready,
Soda Springs, Washington)
- El Dorado County (Aukum, Camino,
Coloma, Cool, Diamond Springs, El Dorado, Fair Play, Garden Valley,
Georgetown, Greenwood, Grizzly Flats, Kelsey, Kyburz, Mount Aukum,
Omo Ranch, Pacific House, Placerville, Pollock Pines, Shingle
Springs, Silver Fork, Somerset, Strawberry, Twin Bridges)
- Amador County (Fiddletown, Jackson,
Pine Grove, Pioneer, Plymouth, Sutter Creek, Volcano)
- Plumas County (La Porte)
- Calaveras (Glencoe, Mokelumne Hill,
Mountain Ranch, Rail Road Flat, West Point, Wilseyville)
We are working directly with first responders and state and
local agencies to help prepare for this potential safety event. We
are conducting outreach to customers in potentially affected areas
and also doing special outreach to PG&E customers who are on
Medical Baseline.
“The safety of our customers and the communities we serve is
PG&E’s top priority. We know how much our customers rely on
electric service and would only consider temporarily turning off
power in the interest of safety, and as a last resort during
extreme weather conditions. PG&E has a plan. We want our
customers to have plans, too,” said Kevin Dasso, vice president of
electric asset management.
When and where possible, PG&E will provide early warning
notification as well as updates until power is restored. Extreme
weather threats can change quickly. Out of an abundance of caution,
PG&E is providing notice to customers in advance of this safety
event through automated phone calls, texts, social media and emails
effective immediately.
As part of these preparedness efforts, PG&E is asking
customers to:
• Learn whether their home or business is in or near a high
fire-threat area on the CPUC High Fire-Threat District map.
Customers also can visit pge.com/wildfiresafety to enter their
address and find out if their home or business is served by an
electric line that may be turned off for safety during high
wildfire threats.
• Update their contact information at pge.com/mywildfirealerts
or by calling 1-866-743-6589 during normal business hours. PG&E
will use this information to alert customers in advance of turning
off their electric service for safety, when and where possible.
• Prepare for and practice an emergency plan to keep themselves,
their families and/or employees emergency-ready and safe during an
outage. Keep in mind family members who are elderly, younger
children and pets. Information and tips including a safety plan
checklist are available at pge.com/wildfiresafety.
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E
Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is one of the largest combined natural gas
and electric energy companies in the United States. Based in San
Francisco, with more than 20,000 employees, the company delivers
some of the nation’s cleanest energy to nearly 16 million people in
Northern and Central California. For more information, visit
www.pge.com/ and
www.pge.com/en/about/newsroom/index.page.
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