Thousands Impacted By Public Safety Power Shutoff In NorCal

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — More than 20,000 PG&E customers in Northern California are without power Thursday night, the majority as a result of Public Safety Power Shutoffs as the company voluntarily de-energizes power lines that could spark wildfires during high winds.

At 7:45 p.m., the power shutoffs reached from the North Bay to Shasta Lake. By 10 p.m., Alameda, Contra Costa and Stanislaus had joined the list of counties included in the power shutoff.

The power shutoffs could reach all the way down to Santa Barbara County, as the list below shows.

A Red Flag Warning is scheduled to take effect at 11 p.m. and last to Saturday. At nearly 8 p.m., the highest wind gust of 42 mph had been recorded at Mt. St. Helena.

Thursday morning, the company projected that it would shut off power to some 20,000 customers as a Red Flag Warning from the National Weather Service took effect.

"The duration and extent of power outages will depend on the weather in each area, and not all customers will be affected for the entire period," the company said.

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Here is the Thursday morning estimate from PG&E for power shutoffs:

• Alameda County: 422 customers, 24 Medical Baseline customers
• Butte County: 1,153 customers, 87 Medical Baseline customers
• Colusa County: 606 customers, 30 Medical Baseline customers
• Contra Costa County: 973 customers, 59 Medical Baseline customers
• Fresno County: 1,235 customers, 75 Medical Baseline customers
• Glenn County: 508 customers, 21 Medical Baseline customers
• Lake County: 1,088 customers, 83 Medical Baseline customers
• Madera County: 1,310 customers, 109 Medical Baseline customers
• Mariposa County: 640 customers, 15 Medical Baseline customers
• Mendocino County: 13 customers, 4 Medical Baseline customers
• Merced County: 27 customers, 0 Medical Baseline customers
• Monterey County: 597 customers, 21 Medical Baseline customers
• Napa County: 3,103 customers,135 Medical Baseline customers
• Plumas County: 316 customers, 11 Medical Baseline customers
• San Benito County: 24 customers, 0 Medical Baseline customers
• Santa Barbara County: 155 customers, 4 Medical Baseline customers
• Santa Clara County: 663 customers, 41 Medical Baseline customers
• Santa Cruz County: 132 customers, 8 Medical Baseline customers
• Shasta County: 2,407 customers, 194 Medical Baseline customers
• Solano County: 1,838 customers, 159 Medical Baseline customers
• Sonoma County: 1,010 customers, 23 Medical Baseline customers
• Stanislaus County: 27 customers, 0 Medical Baseline customers
• Tehama County: 2,056 customers, 199 Medical Baseline customers
• Yolo County: 262 customers, 15 Medical Baseline customers

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