22,000 PG&E customers could be without power tonight due to fire weather concerns
Pacific Gas and Electric Company has increased the number of residents that could have their power shut off tonight.
22,000 PG&E customers could be without power tonight due to fire weather concerns
PG&E has increased its estimate of the number of customers who may experience a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) tonight by about 7,000.
The company now says 22,000 customers in the Sacramento Valley and parts of the Bay Area could face a potential PSPS.
PG&E says the following number of customers could be affected in the North State.
- Butte County: 443 customers, 38 Medical Baseline customers
- Colusa County: 607 customers, 29 Medical Baseline customers
- Glenn County: 507 customers, 21 Medical Baseline customers
- Plumas County: 1 customer, 0 Medical Baseline customers
- Tehama County: 1,073 customers, 101 Medical Baseline customers
Customers in twelve other counties throughout the state could also be affected.
PG&E has staged temporary power generations at five polling places that could lose power. None are in the North State.
The company maintains that no issues are expected at polling or tabulation centers.
PG&E is updating its outage map and website with information.
An election in the dark? Nearly 2,500 PG&E customers in the North State could have their power shutoff tonight
It’s Election Day, and residents across the North State will likely be glued to the airwaves or their TV screens tonight to watch the results unfold. But some North State residents might be left in the dark.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company says it could shut off power for up to 15,000 customers starting at 10 p.m. due to dangerous fire weather conditions. The purpose is to reduce the risk of wildfire from energized power lines.
Nearly 2,500 of customers who are expected to be affected are located in the North State including in Butte, Glenn and Tehama counties.
PG&E says it began informing customers on Sunday. No polling locations in those areas are expected to lose power, though one in Lake County — the Calpine Geothermal Visitor Center — could.
The company says if that happens the power wouldn’t be shut off until around 9:30 p.m., which is after in-person voting has already closed.
PG&E also states there are no vote tabulation centers that are expected to lose power. But the company is staging crews to prepare for non-intentional outages.
Those centers also have their own backup generators in place.