With California’s wildfire season underway, PG&E is preparing to shut off power when it determines hot, dry, and windy conditions could bring down power lines and spark a blaze.
The utility’s website includes a section that looks ahead at the next seven days, and provides some detail if it thinks it may be ordering shutoffs. PG&E says it will try to provide two days notice if it has decided a shutoff will be needed in your neighborhood.
On Sunday, June 30, 2024, the utility said it expected to shut off power on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 in portions of several counties in eight Northern California – Napa, Solano, Lake, Yolo, Colusa, Shasta, Glen and Tehama.
Here are the three steps you can take to find out if your neighborhood will be affected:
Sign up for PSPS alerts. PG&E says that if it already has your phone number on file, it will automatically notify you if there is a Public Safety Power Shutoff planned in your neighborhood. You should log in to your account to make sure the phone number is up to date. You can also call the utility at 866-743-6589 during normal business hours.
Separately, you can go to PG&E’s Public Safety Power Shutoff notifications page, enter the address of a relative, your workplace, your child’s school or other location and sign up to receive text alerts or phone calls. You can do this for multiple locations and with multiple phone numbers.
Check PG&E’s Latest PSPS Updates page. This page will let you know whether a PSPS has been announced, and offers options to check a specific address or see a map.
Check PG&E’s outage map. The utility’s outage map has two options, one showing current outages and the other showing future PSPS outages that are planned. The map defaults to current outages, but you can choose the Future PSPS Outages button in the upper left or enter an address in the search box.
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