PG&E announced Wednesday morning it's moving forward with power shutoffs for 179,000 Northern California customers to mitigate wildfire risk amid dry, hot, windy weather conditions.
Shutoffs will start Wednesday afternoon and continue into Thursday morning.
"The shutoffs are expected to begin around 2 p.m. in the Sierra Foothills, 3 p.m. in the North Bay counties, and approximately 1 a.m. Thursday in affected areas of San Mateo and Kern counties," PG&E said. "Once the high winds subside, PG&E will inspect the de-energized lines to ensure they were not damaged during the wind event, and then restore power. PG&E will safely restore power in stages as quickly as possible, with the goal of restoring the vast majority of customers within 48 hours after the weather has passed."
The intentional blackout will impact people in 17 counties, mainly in the Sierra Foothills and the North Bay — including Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Kern, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, San Mateo Sierra, Sonoma, Tehama and Yuba.
THE LATEST: PG&E moving forward with power shutoffs for 179,000 customers
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Maps-Where-PGE-power-shutoff-California-14555942.php#photo-18486485
Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.
| 
