Due to the heat wave conditions and forecast in parts of northern California, fire weather conditions left thousands of PG&E customers without power Tuesday but some have been restored.
There's an Excessive Heat Warning Tuesday through Sunday across the valley, foothills, Delta, Coastal Range, and parts of the Bay Area. Red Flag Warnings are in effect for the Sacramento Valley, Delta, and Sierra foothills from Monday night through Wednesday afternoon due to gusty northerly winds and highs near 110°.
PG&E restored power to roughly 1,400 customers impacted by their Public Safety Power Shutoff period Tuesday due to improving weather conditions. They inspected equipment for weather-related damages and re-energized it once safe to do so.
PG&E says 600 customers are still without power but they’re trying to restore it.
They warn if weather and fire conditions worsen, power may be shut off again overnight.
PG&E said in an update Tuesday it delayed the start of power outages for about 10,000 customers mostly in Glenn and Shasta counties because of favorable weather conditions. The utility said it would update customers in those areas on the status of the outages.
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Here are the PG&E customers without power by county due to the Public Safety Power Shutoffs. There may be more customers without power in the counties below due to unplanned or separate heat-related outages.
Northern California counties affected by power shutoffs
Here are the affected counties as of 5:50 p.m. Find more information HERE.
After conditions have improved, crews will inspect the equipment before turning on the power. If equipment is damaged, restoration times may change.
The estimated restoration is currently listed as July 3 at 10 p.m. for all counties.
- Butte County
- PSPS: 275
- Colusa County
- PSPS: 23
- Glenn County
- PSPS: 0
- Lake County
- PSPS: 153
- Napa County
- PSPS: 18
- Shasta County
- PSPS: 0
- Solano County
- PSPS: 90
- Sonoma County
- PSPS: 22
- Tehama County
- PSPS: 1,054
- Yolo County
- PSPS: 204
Find a PG&E outage map HERE.
Community Resource Centers
There will be six community resource centers in some of the impacted counties. These are places where people can get their phone charged, get air conditioning, get water, ice or even get away from the heat. A map of those resource centers can be found HERE.
- Butte County
- Concow Elementary School at 11679 Nelson Bar Road
- Hours of operation: 7/2 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
- Colusa County
- Stonyford Community Hall at 229 Market Street
- Hours of operation: 7/2 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
- Glenn County
- Elk Creek Junior Senior High School at 3430 County Road 309
- Hours of operation: 7/2 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
- Lake County
- Twin Pine Casino and Hotel at 22223 CA- 29
- Hours of operation: 7/2 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
- Shasta County
- Happy Valley Community Center at 5400 Happy Valley Road
- Hours of operation: 7/2 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
- Tehama County
- Rancho Tehama Association at 17605 Park Terrace Road
- Hours of operation: 7/2 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Power would be restored after the event when PG&E wraps up its inspections, patrols and repairs. July 2 is the first power shutoff of 2024.
"This is the only one that we have scheduled. PSPS events are things that happen in the very short term. So we never know what next week or next month holds. It all depends on the conditions in the near term," said Megan McFarland, a spokesperson with PG&E.
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