Potential Power Shutoff Could Impact Part Of Napa County: PG&E

NAPA COUNTY, CA — As Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) continues to monitor a potentially strong and dry offshore wind event forecast to start early Sunday morning and expected to last through Monday, it has begun giving one-day advance notifications to customers in areas where PG&E may need to proactively turn power off for safety to reduce the risk of wildfire from energized power lines.

The potential public safety power shutoff (PSPS) could start early Sunday morning and would impact nearly 97,000 customers in portions of 15 counties, including fewer than 200 customers in Napa County.

Customers in the Northern Sierra and North Valley, specifically, in portions of Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Kern, Lake, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Tehama and Yuba counties, were being notified Friday night.

In Napa County, 181 customers, including five medical baseline customers, would be affected.

Napa is the only Bay Area county potentially impacted by this PSPS.

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The total number of affected customers would be 96,876— 6,700 of whom are medical baseline customers.

• Alpine County 572 customers; 6 medical baseline
• Amador County 5,471 customers; 401 medical baseline
• Butte County 18,669 customers; 1,784 medical baseline
• Calaveras County 9,978 customers; 386 medical baseline
• El Dorado County 35,614 customers; 2,442 medical baseline
• Kern County 27 customers
• Lake County 55 customers; 2 medical baseline
• Napa County 181 customers; 5 medical baseline
• Nevada County 7,345 customers; 438 medical baseline
• Placer County 9,657 customers; 609 medical baseline
• Plumas County 785 customers; 24 medical baseline
• Shasta County 2,816 customers; 241 medical baseline
• Sierra County 1,098 customers; 22 medical baseline
• Tehama County 1,223 customers; 58 medical baseline
• Yuba County 3,385 customers; 282 medical baseline

PG&E said the anticipated scope and timing of this event has changed from earlier announcements, based on updated weather forecasts that showed stronger wind gusts in a larger portion of its service area.

In-house meteorologists, as well as PG&E's Wildfire Safety Operation Center and Emergency Operations Center, continue to monitor conditions closely; additional notifications will be made today to customers who may be impacted by this event, PG&E said.