PG&E to Shutoff Power to 940,000 Starting This Weekend

Due to the recent weather forecast for severe wind events a significant amount of customers in the Bay Area and beyond will have power shut off. Besides homes not having power, schools will have closures, traffic lights will be inactive and many more important critical services will be effected by the safety shut off.

PG&E will shut off power to 940,000 customers in Northern California to reduce wildfire risk!

Three hours after an announcement was expected, PG&E confirmed it would initiate mass public safety power shut-offs over the weekend in response to a severe wind event beginning Saturday night.

In addition, the number of potentially impacted customers ballooned from 850,000 to 940,000. The estimated number of total people impacted rose from 2.5 million to 2.8 million.

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Details of the previous Power Shutoff on October 8th.

So far a total of 34 counties will be without power for a significant amount of time.  See the current list of potentially effected counties and cities below.

PG&E expects to begin turning off power in some areas early Wednesday, just after midnight. The power will be turned off to communities in stages, depending on local timing of the severe wind conditions, beginning with counties in the northern part of the state.

Overall, based on the latest weather forecasts and models, PG&E anticipates that this weather event will last through midday Thursday, with peak winds forecasted from Wednesday morning through Thursday morning and reaching 40 to 55 mph, with isolated gusts up to 60 to 70 mph.

Type your address here to see if you’ll be effected (high web traffic to the page may be causing connection failures at this time.)

UPDATED: 10/08, 4 p.m. from pge.com

County Cities Total customers impacted (est.) Medical Baseline customers impacted (est.) Total customers restored (est.)

Alameda

Oakland, Castro Valley, Fremont, Union City, Berkeley, Hayward, San Leandro, Sunol, Pleasanton, Livermore

32,680

872

To be announced

Alpine

Bear Valley

633

1

To be announced

Amador

Pioneer, Jackson, Sutter Creek, Pine Grove, Plymouth, Volcano, Fiddletown, River Pines, Amador City, Drytown, Martell, Ione

16,041

773

To be announced

Butte

Oroville, Chico, Magalia, Paradise, Berry Creek, Forest Ranch, Palermo, Bangor, Cohasset, Butte Meadows, Clipper Mills, Forbestown, Stirling City, Feather Falls, Biggs, Brush Creek, Yankee Hill, Gridley, Rackerby, Butte Valley, Hurleton, Paradise Pines

29,907

2,090

To be announced

Calaveras

Arnold, Angels Camp, Copperopolis, Murphys, San Andreas, West Point, Mountain Ranch, Mokelumne Hill, Rail Road Flat, Vallecito, Wilseyville, Hathaway Pines, Avery, Glencoe, Douglas Flat, Sheep Ranch, White Pines, Dorrington, Camp Connell, Tamarack, Altaville, Valley Springs

23,708

917

To be announced

Colusa

Arbuckle, Stonyford, Williams, Sites, Maxwell

1,813

60

To be announced

Contra Costa

San Ramon, Orinda, Lafayette, Moraga, Pinole, Richmond, Kensington, Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, El Cerrito, El Sobrante, Berkeley, Canyon, San Pablo, Pittsburg, Rodeo, Concord, Albany, Antioch, Martinez

51,310

1,594

To be announced

El Dorado

Placerville, El Dorado Hills, Pollock Pines, Cameron Park, Camino, Rescue, El Dorado, Somerset, Cool, Shingle Springs, Georgetown, Garden Valley, Diamond Springs, Pilot Hill, Grizzly Flats, Twin Bridges, Greenwood, Kyburz, Lotus, Kelsey, Mount Aukum, Coloma, Pacific House, Fair Play, Omo Ranch, Silver Fork, Canyon, Aukum

51,396

2,476

To be announced

Glenn

Orland, Willows, Artois, Elk Creek, Glenn

1,590

49

To be announced

Humboldt

Eureka, Arcata, McKinleyville, Fortuna, Ferndale, Rio Dell, Trinidad, Garberville, Willow Creek, Hoopa, Redway, Blue Lake, Loleta, Bayside, Hydesville, Carlotta, Scotia, Miranda, Kneeland, Orleans, Myers Flat, Orick, Petrolia, Redcrest, Whitethorn, Weott, Alderpoint, Phillipsville, Samoa, Weitchpec, Honeydew, Fieldbrook, Korbel, Blocksburg, Alton, Fernbridge, Manila, Piercy, Somes Bar, Zenia, Fairhaven, Ettersburg, Fort Seward, Fields Landing, Westhaven, Salyer, Maple Creek, Burnt Ranch, Big Lagoon

62,393

1,889

To be announced

Kern

Bakersfield, Arvin, Buttonwillow, Dustin Acres, Edison, Fellows, Lamont, Lebec, Maricopa, McFarland, McKittrick, Mettler Station, Shafter, Taft, Tehachapi, Tupman, Valley Acres, Wasco

42,374

2,372

To be announced

Lake

Clearlake, Lakeport, Clearlake Oaks, Lucerne, Nice, Upper Lake, Lower Lake, Middletown, Kelseyville, Cobb, Hidden Valley Lake, Glenhaven, Witter Springs, Clearlake Park, Loch Lomond, Kelseyville, Finley

37,439

2,167

To be announced

Marin

Bolinas, Fairfax, Mill Valley, Muir Beach, Olema, Sausalito, Stinson Beach

9,855

131

To be announced

Mariposa

Coulterville, La Grange, Greeley Hill, Mariposa

1,812

101

To be announced

Mendocino

Ukiah, Potter Valley, Hopland, Redwood Valley, Boonville, Calpella, Talmage, Garberville, Leggett, Cloverdale, Piercy, Westport

6,476

214

To be announced

Napa

Napa, Saint Helena, Calistoga, Angwin, Pope Valley, Rutherford, Oakville, Deer Park, Lake Berryessa, Yountville, American Canyon

32,124

780

To be announced

Nevada

Grass Valley, Nevada City, Penn Valley, Rough and Ready, Soda Springs, North San Juan, Washington, Norden, Chicago Park, Cedar Ridge, Truckee, Kingvale

43,217

1,816

To be announced

Placer

Auburn, Lincoln, Loomis, Colfax, Newcastle, Foresthill, Granite Bay, Meadow Vista, Penryn, Rocklin, Applegate, Alta, Dutch Flat, Emigrant Gap, Weimar, Gold Run, Baxter, Roseville, Sheridan, Christian Valley, Cool, Pilot Hill, Soda Springs, Norden, Georgetown, Greenwood

51,641

2,068

To be announced

Plumas

La Porte, Quincy, Belden, Storrie, Twain, Bucks Lake, Tobin

803

6

To be announced

San Joaquin

Vernalis, Tracy, Stockton, Farmington

52

0

To be announced

San Mateo

Half Moon Bay, El Granada, Woodside, Moss Beach, Montara, Portola Valley, Pescadero, La Honda, Redwood City, San Gregorio, Loma Mar, San Mateo, Menlo Park, Emerald Hills, Pacifica, Princeton, Davenport, Palo Alto

14,766

262

To be announced

Santa Barbara

Santa Maria

32

0

To be announced

Santa Clara

San Jose, Morgan Hill, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Redwood Estates, Milpitas, Sunnyvale, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Coyote, Gilroy, Mount Hamilton, Palo Alto, Holy City

38,250

1,086

To be announced

Santa Cruz

Aptos, Boulder Creek, Watsonville, Scotts Valley, Soquel, Ben Lomond, Felton, Santa Cruz, Los Gatos, Mount Hermon, Brookdale, Davenport, Capitola, Freedom, La Selva Beach, Corralitos, Saratoga, Bonny Doon

36,940

1,775

To be announced

Shasta

Redding, Anderson, Shingletown, Palo Cedro, Cottonwood, Lakehead, Millville, Bella Vista, Oak Run, Whitmore, Igo, Round Mountain, Montgomery Creek, Big Bend, Shasta Lake, Ono, Shasta, Burney

28,727

1,678

To be announced

Sierra

Sierra City, Downieville, Alleghany, Goodyears Bar, Pike City, Camptonville

1,165

13

To be announced

Solano

Fairfield, Vacaville, Suisun City, Vallejo, Dixon

32,863

1,748

To be announced

Sonoma

Santa Rosa, Sonoma, Petaluma, Healdsburg, Cloverdale, Glen Ellen, Penngrove, Geyserville, Kenwood, Rohnert Park, Windsor, Annapolis, Stewarts Point, Cotati, Cazadero, Guerneville, Larkfield, El Verano, Boyes Hot Springs, Fulton, Bodega Bay

66,289

1,951

To be announced

Stanislaus

Westley, Grayson, Patterson, Oakdale, Knights Ferry, La Grange, Modesto, Riverbank

1,088

16

To be announced

Tehama

Red Bluff, Los Molinos, Gerber, Corning, Mineral, Paynes Creek, Manton, Vina, Tehama, Mill Creek, Paskenta, Proberta, Flournoy, Cottonwood, Chico, Orland, Anderson

24,385

1,499

To be announced

Trinity

Burnt Ranch, Del Loma, Garberville, Hawkins Bar, Kettenpom, Platina, Salyer, Wildwood, Willow Creek, Zenia

1,047

38

To be announced

Tuolumne

Sonora, Groveland, Twain Harte, Jamestown, Tuolumne, Mi Wuk Village, Pinecrest, Columbia, Soulsbyville, Long Barn, Strawberry, Chinese Camp, Cold Springs, Moccasin, Big Oak Flat, Sierra Village

34,413

1,828

To be announced

Yolo

Winters, Esparto, Guinda, Capay, Brooks, Madison, Rumsey, West Sacramento

5,792

221

To be announced

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