PG&E has deliberately cut power to tens of thousands of customers across California, as of October 25, 2020, to reduce the risk of forest fires The maps above reflect the stops from 6 am Oct 26
PG&E has deliberately cut power to tens of thousands of customers across California, as of October 25, 2020, to reduce the risk of forest fires The maps above reflect shutdowns from 6 am Oct 26
PG&E has deliberately cut power to tens of thousands of customers across California, as of October 25, 2020, to reduce the risk of forest fires The maps above reflect shutdowns from 6 am Oct 26
PG&E has deliberately cut power to tens of thousands of customers across California, as of October 25, 2020, to reduce the risk of forest fires The maps above reflect shutdowns from 6 am Oct 26
PG&E has deliberately cut power to tens of thousands of customers across California, as of October 25, 2020, to reduce the risk of forest fires The maps above reflect shutdowns from 6 am Oct 26
PG&E has deliberately cut power to tens of thousands of customers across California, as of October 25, 2020, to reduce the risk of forest fires The maps above reflect shutdowns from 6 am Oct 26
PG&E has deliberately cut power to tens of thousands of customers across California, as of October 25, 2020, to reduce the risk of forest fires The maps above reflect shutdowns from 6 am Oct 26
PG&E has deliberately cut power to tens of thousands of customers across California, as of October 25, 2020, to reduce the risk of forest fires The maps above reflect shutdowns from 6 am Oct 26
PG&E has deliberately cut power to tens of thousands of customers across California, as of October 25, 2020, to reduce the risk of forest fires The maps above reflect shutdowns from 6 am Oct 26
PG&E has deliberately cut power to tens of thousands of customers across California, as of October 25, 2020, to reduce the risk of forest fires The maps above reflect shutdowns from 6 am Oct 26
Ahead of the high winds and low humidity levels expected on Sunday evening, PG&E began deliberately cutting power to 361,000 customers in targeted areas of 36 counties in California, including up to 133,000 customers in the bay area
If you consider an average of three people per household, more than a million people will be affected by what is the biggest blackout aimed at eliminating the risk of forest fires
PG&E will begin to restore power once weather conditions improve, which may not be until Tuesday in some areas
On the maps above you can see where the residents are in the dark from 6 a.m. on Monday You can also view the interactive PG&E power outage map here Enter your address in the tool to determine if your household is powered
All Bay Area counties except San Francisco affected by the decision In Alameda County 16,329 customers will be affected, Contra Costa 17966, Marin 13809, Napa 11026, in San Mateo 3671, in Santa Clara 4182, in Solano 1597 clients and in Sonoma 23464
Offshore winds howled across the bay area, hitting mountain peaks, crossing valleys and blowing all the way to the coast.The maximum wind speeds recorded overnight included an isolated gust of 89 mph recorded over Mount St Helena, 5 13 km west of Middletown and a wind of 58 mph measured at Oakland Airport
Offshore winds hit California almost every fall, but this event was deemed particularly severe, with the gusts not confined to higher altitudes and blowing in the valleys
A red flag warning for critical fire in the North Bay Mountains and East Bay Hills has been extended to 5 a.m. Tuesday The warning for coastal areas, the Santa Cruz Mountains and the lower valleys expires at 11 am Monday
These power outages, while affecting fewer customers than the larger public safety power outages of last year, are PG&E’s most prevalent intentional power outages this fire season And that’s after the planned downtime has been reduced from the 400,000 or more customers originally planned
« This is by far the biggest (planned) outage we’ve seen this year and the most extreme weather conditions, » said Aaron Johnson, vice president of wildfire safety and public engagement
While the strong winds are expected to dissipate by noon Monday, another set of strong winds, supported by winds of 25 to 40 mph in the mountains and along ridges with gusts up to 70 mph, expected to hit northern California’s highest altitudes by Monday night Outages are expected to last through Tuesday, as PG&E crews conduct safety inspections of transmission lines and other facilities before their reactivation, said Mark Quinlan, incident commander of PG&E
For the next few days of power outages, PG&E has opened 106 community resource centers for people who lose power, each open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. as the blackouts continue These centers offer accessible washrooms by ADA, hand washing stations, recharging of medical equipment, WiFi; bottled water, take-out bags and non-perishable snacks In the Bay Area, there are four in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin and Santa Cruz counties; seven in Sonoma County; five in Napa County; three in San Mateo County; two in Santa Clara County and one in Solano County For more information, click here
Although this year’s power cuts have been targeted more narrowly this year, affecting fewer people than last year, Quinlan said there was still a possibility that conditions could also cause blackouts. unforeseen electricity
Amy Graff is the Editor-in-Chief of SFGATE She is originally from the Bay Area and made her news debut at the California Daily at UC Berkeley where she majored in English Literature She’s been working for SFGATE for 12 years You can email her at agraff @ sfgatecom
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