SAN FRANCISCO — 8/19 Update 5 p.m.:
PG&E said it has restored power to virtually all 50,000 customers who were impacted by Tuesday evening’s Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS).
Those targeted outages were implemented across 13 counties, the majority of which were in Butte, Napa, Shasta, and Tehama Counties. The PSPS was put in place due to extreme fire weather conditions in the impacted areas.
After those weather conditions passed, PG&E said its crews inspected “more than 3,200 miles of distribution and transmission lines for damage or hazards.” Those inspections showed “at least 10 instances of weather-related damage and hazards in the PSPS-affected areas; at least four of these had the potential to cause wildfire ignitions if PG&E had not de-energized power lines,” the company said.
Update:
PG&E said they've gotten weather all clears in most of the areas impacted by the Public Safety Power Shutoffs. 55% of the 48,000 impacted customers have had their power restored.
The utility expects to restore power to nearly all customers in the remaining eight counties that were impacted b late Thursday evening.
Original:
Portions of 18 counties have gone dark as PG&E turned off power due to forecasted dry winds and wildfire risk.
PG&E's Public Safety Power Shutoffs began Tuesday evening for portions of the Sierra Nevada foothills, North Coast, North Valley and North Bay mountains. PG&E has been tracking potential winds of up to 40 miles per hour that could sweep through the area.
The majority of the customers impacted are in Shasta and Butte counties. However, portions of Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Napa, Plumas, Sierra, Solano, Sonoma, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo and Yuba are also impacted.
Shutoffs began Tuesday, Aug. 17, at the following times:
- 5 p.m., Tues 8/17 Shasta, Tehama, Yolo
- 6 p.m., Tues 8/17 Butte, Colusa, Contra Costa, Glenn, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Napa, Plumas, Solano, Sonoma
- 7 p.m., Tues 8/17 Trinity
- 10pm, Tues 8/17 Alameda, Sierra, Yuba
Restoration is expected to start Wednesday afternoon when the weather system passes.
Cal OES announced its opening resource centers for residents impacted by the planned blackouts. Click here for a list of centers available. A list of community resource centers from PG&E is available HERE.
Counties and the numbers of potentially impacted customers are available below.
- Alameda County: 18 customers, 0 Medical Baseline customers
- Butte County: 7,221 customers, 746 Medical Baseline customers
- Colusa County: 568 customers, 34 Medical Baseline customers
- Contra Costa County: 334 customers, 29 Medical Baseline customers
- Glenn County: 375 customers, 21 Medical Baseline customers
- Lake County: 4,563 customers, 353 Medical Baseline customers
- Lassen County: 58 customers, 1 Medical Baseline customers
- Mendocino County: 1,138 customers, 46 Medical Baseline customers
- Napa County: 6,849 customers, 277 Medical Baseline customers
- Plumas County: 550 customers, 16 Medical Baseline customers
- Shasta County: 15,836 customers, 1,361 Medical Baseline customers
- Sierra County: 17 customers, 1 Medical Baseline customers
- Solano County: 1,093 customers, 79 Medical Baseline customers
- Sonoma County: 1,864 customers, 69 Medical Baseline customer
- Tehama County: 9,437 customers, 867 Medical Baseline customers
- Trinity County: 61 customers, 0 Medical Baseline customers
- Yolo County: 366 customers, 12 Medical Baseline customers
- Yuba County: 432 customers, 45 Medical Baseline customers
Tribal communities impacted:
- Cortina Rancheria, Grindstone Rancheria, Mooretown Rancheria, Pit River (Montgomery Creek), and Round Valley Tribes.
Click here for a map of the PG&E Power Safety Power Shutoffs.
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