UPDATE: PSPS Underway-PG&E Turning Off Power for Safety

PG&E’s Operations and Meteorology teams are monitoring a strong wind event forecasted to bring elevated wildfire risk to the Sierra, Southern Central Coast and portions of the North and East Bay.  Offshore Diablo winds are expected to peak Thursday across Northern and Central Sierra, including portions of the North and East Bay.  Mono winds are projected to be strongest on Friday in the Southern Sierra, with Santa Ana winds expanding into Southern Los Padres and across the Tehachapi Mountains on Friday.  The strongest winds are expected in the South, with very low relative humidity and dry vegetation across most affected areas. Strong winds, combined with low humidity and dry vegetation, are creating elevated fire danger across the affected areas.

At approximately 1730 on Wednesday, we began de-energizing customers in portions of Alameda, Contra Costa, Lassen and Shasta counties and will continue through early morning, Thursday, October 15. A second wave of de-energizations, focused on Central Coast and Southern portions of our service Area, will start Friday morning.

As of 6 a.m. Thursday, customers who have had their power shut off for safety, by county:

• ALAMEDA                        88
• ALPINE                             68
• AMADOR                         4,776
• BUTTE                             3,675
• CALAVERAS                    10,281
• CONTRA COSTA            1,358
• EL DORADO                    8,529
• LAKE                                  4,115
• LASSEN                            107
• MARIPOSA                      311
• MENDOCINO                 444
• NAPA                                 3,158
• NEVADA                           1,608
• PLACER                           4,255
• PLUMAS                           610
• SAN LUIS OBISPO         2,209
• SANTA BARBARA           25
• SHASTA                           1,484
• SIERRA                             1,109
• SOLANO                          51
• SONOMA                         2,169
• TEHAMA                           905
• TUOLUMNE                    8,182
• YOLO                                7
• YUBA                                 668
• Grand Total                    60,196

This is the sixth PSPS event of 2026 and the largest event since 2020. Customers can enter their address online to see whether their location is being monitored for a potential safety shutoff at www.pge.com/pspsupdates. PG&E is planning to set up over 40 Customer Resource Center (CRC) locations across our service area to support customers before and through this weather event. For the latest information on Community Resource Center availability, visit www.pge.com/crc.