PG&E Warns It May Shutoff Power to 29,000 Customers on Thursday

(KMJ) – Pacific Gas and Electric’s Public Safety Power Shut-off could affect 19 California counties on Thursday, October 14th, 2021.

That means 29,000 customers may lose power on Thursday.

In the South Valley, PG&E said it has 651 customers in Kern County that could be affected, including 34 medical baseline customers.

The shut off would last from 4:00pm to 5:00pm with power restored by around 7:00pm Thursday night.

Counties that could be affected by the newest power outages:

  • Butte County: 2163 customers, 176 Medical Baseline customers
  • Colusa County: 553 customers, 38 Medical Baseline customers
  • Contra Costa County: 293 customers, 22 Medical Baseline customers
  • Glenn County: 377 customers, 22 Medical Baseline customers
  • Kern County: 651 customers, 34 Medical Baseline customers
  • Lake County: 1774 customers, 116 Medical Baseline customers
  • Napa County: 3750 customers, 157 Medical Baseline customers
  • Plumas County: 646 customers, 22 Medical Baseline customers
  • San Luis Obispo County: 1488 customers, 39 Medical Baseline customers
  • Santa Barbara County: 209 customers, 7 Medical Baseline customers
  • Shasta County: 7962 customers, 685 Medical Baseline customers
  • Sierra County: 976 customers, 31 Medical Baseline customers
  • Solano County: 1591 customers, 123 Medical Baseline customers
  • Sonoma County: 1481 customers, 52 Medical Baseline customers
  • Stanislaus County: 30 customers, 0 Medical Baseline customers
  • Tehama County: 1986 customers, 161 Medical Baseline customers
  • Trinity County: 59 customers, 0 Medical Baseline customers
  • Yolo County: 405 customers, 13 Medical Baseline customers
  • Yuba County: 2523 customers, 229 Medical Baseline customers

PG&E officials say they continue to monitor forecasts which could bring more wind into its service area into Thursday morning.