MORAGA, Calif. (KRON) -- More than 12,940 PG&E customers across the Bay Area have been impacted by Public Safety Power Shutoffs that started Wednesday evening due to elevated fire danger, according to the utility.
The latest numbers were released at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. The number of Bay Area customers who have had intentional power shutoffs as part of the PSPS includes:
PG&E announced Thursday afternoon that due to "favorable weather changes" 6,300 customers in Alameda and Contra Costa counties can expect to have power back by 4 p.m. Friday, 22 hours earlier than originally planned.
PG&E said additional power shutoffs are expected Thursday and Friday morning. PSPS events are typically initiated when the weather forecast calls for low humidity levels and strong winds.
On Wednesday, the electric company said it "continues to monitor a potential dry offshore wind event forecasted to start Wednesday evening, October 14, lasting through Saturday morning, October 17. This is a statewide fire weather event, and the National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for parts of Kern County, primarily around Lebec, as well as a Fire Weather Watch extending from Bakersfield across the southern plains from San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbara."
Across all areas served by PG&E, the utility said 88,000 customers in 29 counties may be impacted by the PSPS.
Customers are advised to check the PG&E PSPS monitoring website for more information on outage start times and estimated outage durations.
