LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — As winds picked up across Lake County and much of the region, Pacific Gas and Electric on Thursday night proactively cut power to an estimated 20,000 Northern California customers as part of an effort to reduce wildfire danger.

The wind event that prompted the public safety power shutoff entered PG&E’s service area early Thursday afternoon and is expected to exit the area as late as Saturday afternoon.

The company said that it reduced the scope of its power shutoff from nearly 30,000 customers in 33 counties to 20,000 customers in 24 counties due to improving weather conditions.

Originally, 168 Lake County customers were supposed to be included. However, on Thursday, PG&E said that number had grown to 1,088 customers.

The shutoff had been prompted due to a forecast of high winds and low humidity. Conditions improved on Wednesday morning thanks to rainfall in the Northern and Central Sierras.

As a result, PG&E said it removed nine counties and more than 10,000 customers from the scope of this PSPS event. Counties removed from the scope of this event include Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, San Luis Obispo, Sierra, and Tuolumne.

PG&E has opened two community resource centers, at Live Oaks Senior Center, 12502 Foothill Blvd. in Clearlake Oaks, and at Hidden Valley Lake Association, 19305 Donkey Hill Road. They will be open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. during the outage. Available resources will include ADA-accessible restrooms and washing stations; blankets, snacks and water; device charging; small medical device charging; seating; and wi-fi.

For a full list of available CRCs, visit this website.

Updates are available at https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/psps-updates/.

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