Pacific Gas & Electric Company may cut power to more than 100,000 customers due to hot, dry and windy conditions, according to the Associated Press.
The utility will make the decision before noon today on whether the controlled power outages are needed to reduce the risk of wildfires. Areas the company currently lists as potentially impacted include a swath of the Sierra Foothills stretching from just north of Folsom Lake east to Georgetown and north to Stirling City and Butte Meadows. Valley areas potentially impacted include the cities of Lincoln, Sheridan, Wheatland and Oroville, along with north eastern districts of Chico.
Large areas around Oroville may also be impacted, including Berry Creek, Palermo, Loma Rica, Brush Creek, Concow, Paradise and Magalia.
A separate large area to the west that may also have its power cut stretches from near Clear Lake south to the towns of Sonoma and Napa.
An estimated 124,000 people could be affected.