PG&E Notifying Customers in Parts of 12 Counties About Extreme Weather Forecasts and Potential for Public Safety Power Shutoff
October 14 2018 - 2:39PM
Business Wire
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) late Saturday and
early Sunday began notifying customers in portions of 12 counties
that the company may proactively turn off power for safety as part
of a Public Safety Power Shutoff event.
PG&E is sending automated voice messages, texts and emails
to customers alerting them to potentially extreme weather
conditions with high wildfire danger starting Sunday evening and
lasting through Monday morning. Due to forecasted high winds and
dry vegetation, PG&E may temporarily turn off power in portions
of the following communities:
- 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 County (Glencoe, Mokelumne
Hill, Mountain Ranch, Rail Road Flat, West Point, Wilseyville)
PG&E meteorologists continue to monitor weather conditions
as they evolve. PG&E will have additional details on affected
areas as weather reports come in throughout the day.
PG&E’s automated call to potentially impacted customers
included the following message:
“Extreme weather conditions with high fire danger are forecasted
in (county name), starting today and lasting through Monday
morning. These conditions may cause power outages. To protect
public safety, PG&E may also temporarily turn off power in your
neighborhood or community. If there is an outage, we will work to
restore service as soon as it is safe to do so. Please have your
emergency plan ready. If you see a downed power line, assume it is
energized and extremely dangerous. Do not touch or try to move
it—and keep children and animals away. Report downed power lines
immediately by calling 911. For more information on how to prepare,
please visit pge.com/wildfiresafety or call 1-800-PGE-5002.”
Customers should also make sure their contact information is
up-to-date by visiting pge.com/mywildfirealerts, or by calling
1-866-743-6589 during normal business hours.
Customers can learn whether their home or business is in or near
a high fire-threat area by reviewing the California Public
Utilities Commission’s High Fire-Threat District map. They can also
visit pge.com/wildfiresafety to determine whether their home or
business is served by an electric line that may be turned off for
safety.
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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