PG&E reduces number of Lake County customers to be impacted by Monday power shutoff
- Elizabeth Larson
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Pacific Gas and Electric is continuing to anticipate a public safety power shutoff early Monday, but on Saturday the company reduced the scope of the shutoff by about 40,000 customers across the region.
The company said the shutoff is forecasted to affect approximately 92,000 customers in targeted portions of 16 counties: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Kern, Lake, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sonoma, Tulare, Tuolumne, and Yuba, as well as two tribal communities.
On Saturday PG&E reduced the number of Lake County customers in the shutoff area from 1,223 to 24. None of those customers are in the Medical Baseline program.
PG&E reported that those customers still expected to have their power turned off are near Cobb and west of Middletown. The impacted customers are expected to be out of power starting at between 4 and 6 a.m. Monday, with power to be back on by 10 p.m. Tuesday.
The decrease in customers expected to be impacted is due to changing weather conditions, PG&E said.
It also removed Monterey and Sierra counties but added less than 100 customers in Butte, Kern and Plumas counties.
PG&E said high fire-risk conditions are expected to arrive late Sunday evening with high winds forecast to continue early Monday morning, peaking in strength during the day Monday, and possibly lingering in some regions through early Tuesday.
Once the strong winds subside, PG&E said its crews will patrol the deenergized lines to ensure they were not damaged during the severe weather before restoring power. The company’s goal is to have the power back on within 12 daylight hours of the all-clear, pending weather conditions.
Customers can look up their address online to find out if their location is being monitored for the potential safety shutoff, and find the full list of affected counties, cities and communities, at www.pge.com/pspsupdates.
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