PG&E warned approximately 7,800 customers across 10 Northern California counties to prepare for possible public safety power shutoffs beginning Wednesday due to elevated fire risks.
Alameda, Contra Costa and Marin counties are among the counties listed on the utility’s website as “under warning” on Wednesday and Thursday, due to high winds. More than 2,000 customers in Marin could be affected, according to a PG&E press release.
The company is tracking a potential “high wind event” expected to reach portions of 10 counties across the North, South and East Bay around 1 p.m. Wednesday, as well as Salinas Valley, San Joaquin Valley and the Central Coast…