50,000 Customers Already Restored from First
Phase of Safety Shutoffs
Second Phase of Shutoffs Has Begun for 234,000
Customers in Sierra Foothills and Bay Area
Improving Weather Means Safety Inspections in
Some Areas of Humboldt Have Started
Potential Customer Impacts in Kern County
Reduced from 43,000 to Approximately 4,000
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is sharing important
updates related to the Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) that has
been implemented across portions of its service area as a
precautionary measure to reduce the risk of wildfire during a
widespread, severe wind event impacting its service area.
The latest updates include:
- PG&E has now restored power to approximately 50,000
customers in the Sierra Foothills since the shutoff began.
- Improving weather means patrols in some areas of Humboldt
County have started. PG&E anticipates being able to restore
power to 60,000 to 80,000 customers tonight or early Thursday
morning. Patrols take place during daytime hours and will resume at
daybreak.
- The second phase of the PSPS event began this afternoon and
will to continue into the evening. Approximately 234,000 customers
will be impacted during this phase in the following counties:
Alameda, Alpine, Contra Costa, Mariposa, San Joaquin, San Mateo,
Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne. Outages are
expected to happen in two waves, with the East Bay, South Bay and
Santa Cruz counties being impacted later tonight.
- The first phase of shutoffs impacted approximately 513,000
customers in the following counties: Amador, Butte, Calaveras,
Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa,
Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Solano, Sonoma, Tehama,
Trinity, Yolo and Yuba counties. Some additional customers in
Calaveras and Mendocino were included in the second phase.
- A third phase is being considered for portions of Kern County.
Due to changing weather forecasts, PG&E now expects this event
to impact approximately 4,000 customers. Earlier forecasts
predicted impacts to 43,000 customers.
Additional resources are poised to support the restoration
process, including 45 helicopters and more than 6,300 on-the-ground
field personnel. Inspections, repairs and restoration can begin
once the weather event has passed and it is safe to do so. PG&E
expects that the weather to subside around midday Thursday in the
Sierra Foothills and the Bay Area/Santa Cruz. Weather conditions in
the Kern/Bakersfield area are forecasted to improve into midday
Friday.
The decision to turn off power was based on forecasts of dry,
windy weather including potential fire risk.
“We understand that this power shutoff is difficult for our
customers and communities. Please check on your neighbors, friends
and family and know that we will work safely, and as quickly as
possible, to restore power across the region,” said Sumeet Singh,
vice president, PG&E Community Wildfire Safety Program. “Our
meteorological and operations teams are actively monitoring the
weather and this evolving situation, and we are working directly
with state and local agencies to help our customers and communities
through this event safely.”
Community Resource Centers
To support customers in the affected areas, PG&E opened
Community Resource Centers in several locations beginning at 8 a.m.
today. The centers will remain open during daylight hours until
power has been restored. Restrooms, bottled water,
electronic-device charging and air-conditioned seating for up to
100 will be available at these facilities.
County
City
Location
Butte
Oroville
Bird Street School, 1421 Bird St,
Oroville 95965
Butte
Magalia
14144 Lakeridge Court, Magalia
95954
El Dorado
Placerville
El Dorado Fairgrounds 100
Placerville Drive, Placerville 95667
El Dorado
El Dorado Hills
Rolling Hills Christian Church
800 White Rock Road, El Dorado Hills 95762
Lake
Clear Lake
Clearlake Senior Center 3245
Bowers Avenue, Clearlake 95422
Solano
Vallejo
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Park
– 1001 Fairgrounds Drive, Vallejo CA 94589
Napa
Calistoga
Calistoga Fairgrounds – 1601 N.
Oak Calistoga 94515
Santa Clara
San Jose
Avaya Stadium 1123 Coleman
Avenue, San Jose 95110
Nevada
Grass Valley
Sierra College Grass Valley 250
Sierra College Drive, Grass Valley 95945
Contra Costa
San Ramon
2600 Camino Ramon, San Ramon
94583
Calaveras
Arnold
Meadowmont Shopping Center – 2182
HWY 4, Arnold 95223
San Mateo
Half Moon Bay
Pasta Moon Restaurant, 845 Main
St Half Moon Bay 94019
Placer
Auburn
Gold Country Fairgrounds Parking
Lot – 209 Fairgate Road, Auburn 95603
Shasta, Tehama
Redding, Cottonwood, Red Bluff
Shasta College, 11555 Old Oregon
Trail Redding 96003
Solano
Vacaville
Mission Church 6391 Leisure Town
Road, Vacaville 95687
Sonoma
Santa Rosa, Sonoma
Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial
Building 1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa 95404
Alameda
Oakland
Merritt College LOT B – Leona
St., Oakland 94508
Tuolumne
Sonora
Mother Lode Fairgrounds 220
Southgate Drive, Sonora 95370
Santa Cruz
Aptos
Twin Lakes Church 2701 Cabrillo
College Dr, Aptos 95003
Amador
Pioneer
Mace Meadows Golf Course, 26570
Fairway Drive Pioneer 95666
Mendocino
Ukiah
1775 N. State Street, Ukiah
95482
Yolo
Winters
Mariani Nut Company Lot –
Southeast corner of E. Edwards St. & Railroad Ave., Winters CA
95694
Colusa, Glenn
Williams, Orland
839 Newville Road, Orland
95963
Mariposa
Coulterville
Coulterville Fire Dept – 10293
Ferry Road, Coulterville 95311
Sierra
Sierra City
Loganville Campground parking lot
– HWY 49, Sierra City 96125
Stanislaus
Westley
Westley Hotel – 8615 CA-33,
Westley 95387
Plumas
La Porte
2140 Main St. La Porte 95981
Yuba
Oregon House
9185 Marysville Road, Oregon
House 95962
Additional Community Resource Centers are planned to open on
Thursday, October 10, at 8:00 a.m.:
County
City
Location
Marin
Sausalito
Marin Gateway Shopping Center
–150 Donohue St., Sausalito, CA 94965
Humboldt
Eureka
Redwood Acres Fairgrounds – 3750
Harris Street, Eureka 95503
Kern
Bakersfield
Buck Owens Crystal Palace – 2800
Buck Owens, Blvd., Bakersfield, CA 93308
Sonoma
Sonoma
Hanna Boys Center – 17000 Arnold
Drive, Sonoma, CA 95476
The Public Safety Power Shutoff program is one component of
PG&E’s overall Community Wildfire Safety Program, designed to
further reduce wildfire risks and help keep our customers and the
communities we serve safe. The ongoing and expanded efforts include
further enhancing vegetation management around power lines,
conducting accelerated safety inspections of electric
infrastructure in high fire-threat areas, and hardening our
electric system. For details on the Community Wildfire Safety
Program, see www.pge.com/wildfiresafety.
Customers are encouraged to review safety tips at PG&E’s
Safety Action Center at www.safetyactioncenter.pge.com.
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 16 million people in
Northern and Central California. For more information, visit
www.pge.com and www.pge.com/news.
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