Source: https://www.sfgate.com/
By Alix Martichoux and and Katie Dowd
October 8, 2019
Pacific Gas & Electric plans to shut off power to Napa County starting Wednesday morning, county officials warned the public Monday afternoon.
The shut-off could last “five days or longer,” according to the county’s office of emergency services.
Napa isn’t the only area that might go dark later this week; PG&E is monitoring 30 of California’s 58 counties for a potential power shut-off due to a “severe wind event” forecast for Wednesday and Thursday.
The National Weather Service has issued a fire weather watch for the North and East Bay hills, Santa Cruz Mountains, and the North Bay and East Bay valleys. The alert is for Tuesday night through Thursday. Because of dry conditions, very low humidity and gusting winds, there’s a high potential for fire danger.
PG&E announced it is watching weather conditions in order to determine if power needs to be turned off in Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lake, Mariposa, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Tehama, Tuolumne, Yolo and Yuba counties.
For the latest on PG&E’s Public Safety Power Shutoffs, visit the utility’s site.
https://www.sfgate.com/california-wildfires/article/PG-E-power-shutoff-napa-length-five-days-sonoma-14499478.php