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Customer Notifications Sent This Morning to 25,000 Additional Customers Now In Scope; 7,300 Customers Removed from Scope of Event
OAKLAND, Calif. — Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) continues to monitor a potential dry offshore wind event forecasted to start Wednesday evening, October 14, lasting through Saturday morning, October 17. This is a statewide fire weather event, and the National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for parts of Kern County, primarily around Lebec, as well as a Fire Weather Watch extending from Bakersfield across the southern plains from San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbara.
PG&E’s potential Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) event, forecasted from Wednesday evening through Saturday afternoon, may impact approximately 88,000 customers. As weather conditions continued to evolve, the event scope has been updated, adding approximately 25,000 customers and removing approximately 7,300 customers.
PG&E is encouraging customers who may need additional support to contact 211 now to prepare for a potential power outage and learn about resources that may help minimize hardship. 211 support is available before, during and after an outage, including assistance for customers who rely on power for medical needs, have a disability or have other needs. Call 211, text “PSPS” to 211 or visit 211.org today to get connected with available support.
PG&E is planning to open more than 40 Community Resource Centers across 23 counties to provide support during the potential PSPS event. Visit PG&E Outage Center – Ways We Can Help to find the location nearest to you. Each center offers ADA-accessible restrooms, device charging, Wi-Fi, blankets, air conditioning, bottled water, snacks and other supplies.
Potentially Affected Counties
Customers can look up their address online to find out if their location is being monitored for the potential safety shutoff at pge.com/pspsupdates.
88,000 customers across the following 29 counties, including approximately 5,500 Medical Baseline customers, and six Tribal governments may be impacted.
| County | Estimated Customers Impacted | Estimated Medical Baseline Impacted |
|---|---|---|
| ALAMEDA | 4,705 | 213 |
| ALPINE | 660 | 9 |
| AMADOR | 4,557 | 401 |
| BUTTE | 3,097 | 255 |
| CALAVERAS | 10,793 | 554 |
| CONTRA COSTA | 1,605 | 92 |
| EL DORADO | 8,757 | 722 |
| FRESNO | 3,010 | 217 |
| KERN | 1,117 | 48 |
| LAKE | 3,601 | 344 |
| LASSEN | 88 | 5 |
| MADERA | 7,273 | 545 |
| MARIPOSA | 1,326 | 61 |
| MENDOCINO | 778 | 54 |
| NAPA | 3,027 | 138 |
| NEVADA | 2,137 | 82 |
| PLACER | 5,306 | 379 |
| PLUMAS | 706 | 30 |
| SAN LUIS OBISPO | 8,771 | 353 |
| SANTA BARBARA | 1,100 | 26 |
| SHASTA | 3,019 | 296 |
| SIERRA | 1,149 | 46 |
| SOLANO | 30 | 1 |
| SONOMA | 2,041 | 79 |
| TEHAMA | 835 | 60 |
| TULARE | 312 | 10 |
| TUOLUMNE | 7,248 | 402 |
| YOLO | 8 | 0 |
| YUBA | 419 | 46 |
| Tribe | Estimated Customers Impacted | Estimated Medical Baseline Impacted |
|---|---|---|
| BIG SANDY RANCHERIA | 59 | 2 |
| GUIDIVILLE RANCHERIA | 3 | 0 |
| MOORETOWN RANCHERIA | 4 | 1 |
| NORTH FORK RANCHERIA | 25 | 1 |
| PIT RIVER TRIBES | 6 | 0 |
| TUOLUMNE RANCHERIA | 106 | 6 |
For more information and resources visit www.pge.com/pspsupdates.