CALIFORNIA, USA — Monday update:
PG&E updated its shutoff plans and says it should affect about 7,100 customers in 10 counties.
Original story:
PG&E is warning nearly 17,000 customers that severe weather could trigger power shutoffs across 13 counties.
According to PG&E, the Public Safety Power Shutoff event is likely for Monday, Sept. 20 in an effort to prevent potential wildfires. It could impact portions of 13 counties that include Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Kern, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Santa Barbara, Shasta, Solano, Sonoma, Tehama, and Yolo.
The Solano County Office of Emergency Services said about 801 customers in the unincorporated part of the county could be impacted.
Portions of tribal communities in Grindstone Rancheria and Cortina Rancheria could also be impacted.
To view a breakdown of the areas impacted by the potential power shutoff, you can download a full list from PG&E HERE.
Maps
View below for PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff map. You can enter your address to see if it is among the potentially impacted counties.
Helpful links from PG&E
Direct support
Customers can 211 or text "PSPS" to 211211. PG&E says the free hotline can provide free "local health and social services during PSPS events as well as during natural disasters and other emergencies." Service is proved in English, Spanish, Cantonese and Mandarin. Interpreters are provided for more than 100 languages.
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