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Outages Impact Nearly 5K In Napa Area

Some customers were impacted by the latest public safety power shutoff; others were affected by unplanned weather-related outages.

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Thousands were without power Monday in Napa County because of a public safety power shutoff, while others were impacted by unplanned outages caused by weather, PG&E said.
Thousands were without power Monday in Napa County because of a public safety power shutoff, while others were impacted by unplanned outages caused by weather, PG&E said. (Patch staff)

NAPA COUNTY, CA — More than 4,500 PG&E customers in the Napa area were without electricity Wednesday afternoon.

An unplanned outage in the Browns Valley area started at noon Monday and was impacting 1,560 customers.

A second outage started at 12:01 p.m. Monday and was impacting 586 customers northeast of Napa along state Highway 29 in the Oak Knoll area.

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The preliminary determination was that both outages were caused by weather, according to PG&E. As of 12:45 p.m. Monday, PG&E did not yet know when power may be restored.

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Meanwhile, 2,441 PG&E customers in unincorporated parts of Napa County —including Lake Berryessa, Angwin, Pope Valley and Aetna Springs — were without power Monday because of a weather-related public safety power shutoff.

Electricity was shut off between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. Monday amid a red flag warning, with service expected to be restored once high winds subside and equipment safety checks are completed.

Of the 2,441 PSPS-impacted customers, 113 were medical baseline meaning they have medical equipment that requires electricity.

A Red Flag Warning has been issued for Sunday night into Tuesday evening for gusty north winds along the eastern interior areas of the North Bay mountains, East Bay hills, East Bay valleys, and the Diablo Range as well as for the Santa Cruz Mountains, the interior mountains of Monterey and San Benito Counties as well as the Santa Lucia Mountains. Confidence is high that strong north winds and drier air will impact the region behind a passing cold front. The window for strongest winds will be during the late Sunday night and early morning hours of Monday, with a secondary peak possible Monday afternoon, and then again late Monday night and early Tuesday morning. These winds, in conjunction with little to no recent precipitation and near-to-record dry fuels across the interior, may lead to an increased risk of critical fire weather concerns for the specified locations. (National Weather Service)

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