Pacific Gas and Electric Co. may implement planned power outages on Monday and Tuesday to thousands of homes and businesses in the Sacramento Valley area due to elevated fire risk as a result of “unseasonably hot” temperatures and dry winds.
PG&E is monitoring weather conditions and may cut power in parts of 13 counties across Northern California, including Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Napa, Shasta, Sonoma, Tehama and Trinity counties, as its public safety power shutoff program.
PG&E estimates that around 13,455 customers may be affected, including nearly 8,000 in Shasta County. Potentially affected customers began receiving notifications via text message Saturday morning and should receive updates tomorrow morning, the utility said in a statement.
The counties and numbers of customers who may be affected are:
▪ Alameda: 346
▪ Butte: 1,585
▪ Colusa : 545
▪ Contra Costa: 286
▪ Glenn: 464
▪ Humboldt: 11
▪ Napa: 140
▪ San Luis Obispo: 33
▪ Santa Barbara: 75
▪ Shasta: 7,709