Sierra Foothills Update: PG&E to Proactively Shut off Power for Safety in Butte & Yuba Counties, Continues to Evaluate Weathe...
09 Juni 2019 - 6:36AM
Business Wire
North Bay PSPS Update: Power Restored to All
Impacted Customers
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is proactively
shutting off the power for safety in Butte and Yuba counties this
evening. Due to more favorable weather changes in other parts of
the region, PG&E will continue to evaluate weather conditions
for a Public Safety Power Shutoff in Nevada, El Dorado and Placer
counties. PG&E meteorologists will continue to monitor the
weather overnight and PG&E will de-energize customers in some
parts of these counties if necessary.
For areas impacted by the Public Safety Power Shutoff, the
company will open two Community Resource Centers on Sunday, June 9
at 8:00 a.m. to support customers across counties impacted by the
proactive power shutoff in the Sierra Foothills. The centers will
provide restrooms, bottled water, electronic device charging and
air-conditioned seating for up to 100 customers each. The centers
are located at:
Grass Valley Community Resource Center:
Sierra College250 Sierra College DriveGrass Valley, CA
95945
Oroville Community Resource Center:
Harrison Stadium1674 3rd AvenueOroville, CA 95965
The Public Safety Power Shutoff event in portions of the Sierra
Foothills began Saturday, June 8 at approximately 9:00 p.m. and
impacts about 16,000 customers in portions of Butte and Yuba
Counties. Forecasts for the extreme weather conditions are expected
to last through late morning on Sunday, June 9. PG&E will
continue to monitor the weather conditions in Nevada, El Dorado and
Placer counties, and may still de-energize lines there overnight if
necessary.
“Our most important responsibly is the safety of our customers
and communities. We are providing those impacted by the shutoff
event with these support resources located in key locations. We ask
that people look out for their neighbors, elderly and anyone with
special needs who might need to use these community resource
centers,” said Michael Lewis, senior vice president of Electric
Operations, PG&E.
Customers can access a live outage map at pge.com/outages and
learn more about the latest updates on Public Safety Power Shutoff
at pge.com/pspsupdates. PG&E is working directly with CAL FIRE,
Cal OES, and other state and local agencies for this safety
event.
All Customers Restored After North Bay Event
Power restoration is complete for all customers located in areas
of Napa, Solano and Yolo Counties impacted by the Public Safety
Power Shutoff in the North Bay. PG&E had proactively turned off
power for safety to approximately 1,600 customers at 6:15 a.m. on
Saturday. PG&E crews completed safety patrols, inspections and
repairs of electric infrastructure in the impacted areas and
restored power this evening.
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 24,000 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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