Power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses is expected to go out, affecting millions of people in California, starting early Wednesday. Here are some questions and answers about the outage.
, affecting millions of people in California, starting early Wednesday.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said a forecast of extreme wind and dry weather has created an unprecedented fire danger, prompting it to initiate the largest preventive outage in state history to reduce the risk of wildfires sparked by faulty power lines.PG&E said it will turn off power to 800,000 customers — that means millions of people — in 34 counties in northern, central and coastal California.
The city of San Francisco isn’t covered by PG&E’s shutoffs. But much of the surrounding Bay Area and beyond could go dark, including large swaths of Silicon Valley, the cities of Oakland and Berkeley and much of the Northern California wine country hit by wildfires that killed 44 two years ago.
While critical emergency city and county services were expected to operate, residents were urged to call ahead about routine office hours as many may be closed. Hospitals have backup generators and could stay open, along with all emergency services. Cellphone companies have said most cellphones should work as long as they’re charged.
PG&E said it was opening more than 30 community resource centers to provide restrooms, electronic-device charging stations, bottled water and air-conditioned seating for up to 100 people. But the centers will only be open during daylight hours.PG&E said it would start turning off the power in some areas just after midnight Wednesday. It will be switched off in stages, depending on the weather conditions in each area. The outage could last for up to five days.
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