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ClimateQuiet 13d · day 13

PG&E may cut power to 14,000 Northern California customers over wildfire risk

Utility warns of weekend blackouts across up to 11 counties as high winds and bone-dry vegetation raise fire danger.

newest coverage 12d agosummary written 12d ago7 pieces Newswires

What to know

  • PG&E may cut power to as many as 14,000 customers across 11 Northern California counties this weekend to prevent wildfires.
  • A Fire Weather Watch is in effect from Saturday through Monday morning for the Sacramento Valley and northern Sierra foothills.
  • Winds up to 50 mph combined with humidity as low as 10% create conditions where any spark could spread rapidly.
  • Conditions are expected to ease after the weekend, with dry, seasonable weather forecast for much of next week.

PG&E Northern California utility companyNational Weather Service (Sacramento office) Federal weather forecasting agencyOphelia Young KCRA 3 meteorologist

PG&E may cut power to 14,000 Northern California customers over wildfire risk
NY Post

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    Wire report on the shutoff warning syndicates nationally

    A condensed version of the warning, noting up to 14,000 customers across 11 counties could lose power, was republished across multiple regional outlets including AL.com, Cleveland.com, The Oregonian, MassLive, NJ.com and PennLive.

    “The Emergency Operations Center remains activated and PG&E meteorology is continuing to monitor the potential for elevated fire weather conditions to occur tomorrow through Monday morning.”
    — PG&E, utility company statement · source
  2. background

    Forecast details wind speeds and expanding watch area — Meteorologists forecast sustained winds of 20-30 mph with gusts to 45 mph in the Sierra Saturday, Bay Area gusts of 25-35 mph, and a second offshore wind event near 35 mph hitting the Sacramento Valley Sunday; PG&E said it will expand its watch Sunday to Butte, Colusa, Glenn and Yolo counties.

  3. background

    PG&E activates Emergency Operations Center, names 8 counties — PG&E's Friday forecast identified El Dorado, Lassen, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra and Tehama counties as facing possible preemptive outages this weekend and said it was continuing to monitor conditions.

  4. background

    National Weather Service issues Fire Weather Watch — The NWS Sacramento office issued a Fire Weather Watch for portions of the Sacramento Valley and northern Sierra foothills from 11 a.m. Saturday through 11 a.m. Monday, citing gusty winds and low humidity.

  5. background

    PG&E estimates 14,000 customers across 11 counties at risk — PG&E said Thursday that roughly 14,000 customers across 11 counties could potentially face power shutoffs, though officials stressed entire counties would not necessarily lose electricity.

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  1. 4 outlets Major utility company warns of blackout for thousands of California homes over wildfire risk

    first by NY Post, 12d ago · also PennLive, MassLive, The Oregonian

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