Updated Oct. 15 at 6 a.m.
Due to high fire risk weather, PG&E shut off power to about 53,000 customers in portions of 24 counties Wednesday evening, with outages likely lasting into Friday night.
The counties that could be impacted include Alameda, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Humboldt, Lake, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Solano, Sonoma, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo and Yuba counties. PG&E also expects that a small number of customers in two tribal communities may be affected.
These shutoffs are anticipated as hot, dry and windy conditions in the region create an increased risk for electrical systems to be damaged and fires to ignite. So far 31 people have died in wildfires this year, with more than 4 million acres burned in the state.
The utility said that it expects that the highest probability areas for the shutoff will be the following:
- The Northern Sierra Nevada foothills
- The mid and higher elevations in the Sierra north of Yosemite
- The North Bay mountains near Mt. St. Helena
- Small parts of the East Bay near Mt. Diablo
- The Oakland Hills east of Piedmont
- The elevated terrain east of Milpitas near the Calaveras Reservoir
- Portions of the Santa Cruz and Big Sur mountains.
PG&E hopes to restore power to most customers by 10 p.m. Friday.
Click the search bar in the bottom left corner of this map to see if your address falls within the areas that could be impacted. This map is approximate, but PG&E also has an address lookup tool that will provide more exact information.
If you do fall within the blackout area, this does not mean that you will definitely lose power, just that you are within the area that PG&E may shut off power to.