SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Tens of thousands of San Diego Gas & Electric customers could lose electricity later this week due to public safety power shutoffs during another bout of potentially dangerous Santa Ana winds.
The utility company says more than 58,451 customers have been notified of being at risk to the potential service disruption, largely overlapping with those who were impacted by shutoffs just over a month ago.
This includes communities in the county’s backcountry, such as Alpine, Julian, Campo, Ramona, Santee, Poway and parts of Escondido. Several neighborhoods closer to the coast, like Rancho Santa Fe and Torrey Highlands, could also be impacted.
High Wind Watch slated for San Diego’s mountains, valleys
According to the utility company, the period of concern with these shutoffs begins on Tuesday, Jan. 7, when a High Wind Watch issued by the National Weather Service for the potentially hazardous wind event goes into effect.
A map of the communities who could be affected by power shutoffs can be found below.