Potential Early Monday PSPS Event
Forecasted High Winds and Dry Conditions Mean PG&E Might Need to Proactively Turn Off Power for Safety in Targeted Portions of 15 Counties and Five Tribal Communities - Seite 2
Potentially Affected Customers
Here is a list of customers by county who could be potentially affected by this PSPS event.
- Alpine County: 574 customers, 7 Medical Baseline customers
- Amador County: 9,573 customers, 764 Medical Baseline customers
- Calaveras County: 10,759 customers, 440 Medical Baseline customers
- El Dorado County: 35,732 customers, 2,555 Medical Baseline customers
- Fresno County: 1,292 customers, 74 Medical Baseline customers
- Lake County: 1,223 customers, 67 Medical Baseline customers
- Monterey County: 333 customers, 7 Medical Baseline customers
- Napa County: 6,780 customers, 218 Medical Baseline customers
- Nevada County: 25,938 customers, 1,509 Medical Baseline customers
- Placer County: 24,918 customers, 1,586 Medical Baseline customers
- Sierra County: 1,099 customers, 23 Medical Baseline customers
- Sonoma County: 1,797 customers, 61 Medical Baseline customers
- Tulare County: 276 customers, 4 Medical Baseline customers
- Tuolumne County: 10,114 customers, 573 Medical Baseline customers
- Yuba County: 312 customers, 40 Medical Baseline customers
- Total: 130,722 customers, 7,928 Medical Baseline customers
*The following Tribal Community counts are included within the County level detail above.
- Dry Creek Rancheria Tribal community: 8 customers, 0 Medical Baseline customers
- Jackson Rancheria Tribal community: 28 customers, 0 Medical Baseline customers
- Middletown Rancheria Tribal community: 8 customers, 0 Medical Baseline customers
- Shingle Springs Rancheria Tribal community: 49 customers, 2 Medical Baseline customers
- Tuolumne Tribal community: 100 customers, 5 Medical Baseline customers
Why PG&E Calls a PSPS Event
When extreme weather conditions are forecasted, PG&E considers proactively turning off power for safety, as such weather conditions increase the potential for damage and hazards to PG&E’s electric infrastructure, which could cause sparks if lines are energized. These conditions also increase the potential for rapid fire spread.
Lesen Sie auch
State officials classify more than half of PG&E’s 70,000-square-mile service area in Northern and Central California as having a high fire threat, given dry grasses and the high volume of dead and dying trees. The state’s high-risk areas have tripled in size over the last seven years.