In addition to Lake, PG&E said the public safety power shutoff area includes portions of Butte, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sutter and Yuba counties in the Sierra foothills and Napa and Sonoma counties in the North Bay.
This potential public safety power shutoff could affect approximately 124,000 customers in the nine counties.
Among them are 12,840 residents in Lake County, including 796 medical baseline customers.
A map provided by PG&E, shown below, indicates that the areas most likely to experience a shut off in Lake County include the city of Clearlake, areas along Highway 20 east to Colusa County, Lower Lake, Hidden Valley Lake, Middletown and Cobb.
Customers who may potentially be impacted include 22,920 in Butte; 3,640 in El Dorado; 12,950 in Nevada; 22,180 in Placer; 230 in Sutter; 5,240 in Yuba; 10,500 in Napa; and 33,500 in Sonoma, PG&E said.
Elevated weather conditions, including potential fire risk, are forecasted to begin around 8 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 23, with the peak period of fire risk forecasted to last until 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 24.
PG&E will make a final decision on whether to proceed with the public safety power shutoff late Monday morning. If a decision is made to proceed with a public safety power shutoff for these counties, it is anticipated to take place during the late afternoon or evening hours on Monday.
To support customers in the potentially impacted counties, PG&E will open Community Resource Centers in multiple locations on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 8 a.m. The centers will be open during daylight hours only and will provide restrooms, bottled water, electronic device charging and air-conditioned seating for up to 100 customers each.
As of Sunday night, the only centers that PG&E announced locations for are the Auburn Gold County Fairgrounds in Auburn, the Sierra College Grass Valley Campus, Taylor’s Restaurant in Loomis, Oroville Union High School and Oregon House in Yuba City.
PG&E said it will announce additional locations for community resource centers on Monday before the public safety power shutoff is initiated.
PG&E is also tracking a second, similar weather event in the same general geographic region for Tuesday evening, Sept. 24.
Elevated weather conditions, including potential fire risk, are forecasted to begin around 7 p.m. on Tuesday, with the peak period of fire risk forecasted to last until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 25.
Once it is safe and crews are cleared to do so, PG&E will conduct safety inspections, execute any needed repairs and commence restoration.
092319 PG&E PSPS shutdown map for Lake County by LakeCoNews on Scribd