PG&E to – PG&E says it may impose precautionary public safety power outages in nine Northern California counties on June 10 and June 11 as dry conditions and high winds prompted Red Flag warnings. The company provided estimated shutoff and restoration windows via its ou
A wildfire season that won’t wait is pushing PG&E to pull the plug.
On June 10 and June 11, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said it may impose a public safety power outage in nine Northern California counties as a preventative measure. The move comes after the National Weather Service of Sacramento issued a Red Flag Warning for parts of the Sacramento Valley and the Sonoma-Lake-Napa region. citing low humidity and high winds that can help fires start and spread quickly.
PG&E warned that power could be cut to areas in Colusa. Glenn. Lake. Sutter. Tehama. Yolo. Napa. Solano and Sonoma counties over the next two days. The utility said counties including Colusa. Glenn. Lake. Sutter. Tehama and Yolo will be required to experience an outage due to the combination of high winds and dry conditions. Residents can check whether their property will be affected by entering their address on the PG&E website.
The company published what it described as potential outage windows through the region on its outage map as of noon on June 10.
Colusa — unincorporated areas / Williams: estimated shutoff starts on June 10 from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., with an estimated restoration time of June 11 at 11 p.m.
Glenn — unincorporated areas: estimated shutoff starts on June 10 from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., with an estimated restoration time of June 11 at 11 p.m.
Lake — unincorporated areas: estimated shutoff starts on June 10 from 8:15 a.m. to 10 p.m., with an estimated restoration time of June 11 at 4 p.m.
Napa — unincorporated areas: estimated shutoff starts on June 10 at 9:15 p.m. to June 11 at 12 a.m., with an estimated restoration time of June 11 at 6 p.m.
Solano — unincorporated areas / Vacaville: estimated shutoff starts on June 10 from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m., with an estimated restoration time of June 11 at 4 p.m.
Sonoma — unincorporated areas: estimated shutoff starts on June 10 at 9 p.m. to June 11 at 12 a.m., with an estimated restoration time of June 11 at 4 p.m.
Sutter — unincorporated areas: estimated shutoff starts on June 10 from 8:15 a.m. to 9 a.m., with an estimated restoration time of June 11 at 4 p.m.
Tehama — unincorporated areas: estimated shutoff starts on June 10 from 8:15 a.m. to 9 a.m., with an estimated restoration time of June 11 at 8 p.m.
Yolo — unincorporated areas: estimated shutoff starts on June 10 from 8:15 a.m. to 9 a.m., with an estimated restoration time of June 11 at 4 p.m.
The timing lands as firefighters work to contain active flames in the region. In Yolo County hills near the town of Winters, crews are attempting to get a wildfire under control. On Monday. June 8. members of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection were conducting a prescribed burn near the Putah Creek Fishing Access Site 2 when it quickly spread and became a wildfire. It has since burned over 800 acres in the area.
For the last three days, the Cal Fire Sonoma-Lake-Napa unit has been working to bring the Putah Fire under control; as of June 10, it is about 35% contained, according to Cal Fire.
In one part of the landscape. PG&E is planning scheduled outages to reduce the risk of ignition under extreme weather. In another. firefighters are already battling a blaze that began during a prescribed burn and has grown to more than 800 acres—making the next two days feel like a narrow window where conditions can shift fast.
PG&E’s public safety power outage plan, including the specific shutoff and restoration estimates shared on its outage map as of noon on June 10, is set to run through June 11—depending on weather and fire behavior.
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