The incoming heatwave could cause a lot of stress to the grid. The potential Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) event is anticipated to begin early Tuesday morning and could last through Wednesday. It affects approximately 12,000 customers, including two tribal governments, in targeted parts of eight counties. In the North Bay, it would be 49 customers in Lake County and 9 in Napa, so 58 total. 96 customers in Solano County may also lose power.
In case of heat-related outages, PG&E offers the following safety tips:
- Use battery-operated flashlights, and not candles, due to the risk of fire.
- Customers with generators should make sure they are properly installed by a licensed electrician in a well-ventilated area.
- Freeze plastic containers filled with water to make blocks of ice that can be placed in your refrigerator/freezer during an outage to prevent foods from spoiling.
- Customers can get updates on outages in their neighborhood through a variety of channels.
- Contact PG&E’s outage information line at 1-800-743-5002
- Access the Electric Outage Map online at online outage center
- Customers can also log-in to their account through pge.com and sign up to receive proactive outage alerts through email, text or phone
PG&E reminds customers to update their contact information at www.pge.com/
