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Public Safety Power Shutoff Impacting Contra Costa County

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Public Safety Power Shutoff

As of 4:30 am Friday, here is a look at the PG&E outage map around Contra Costa County, including the public safety power shutoff.

PG&E says power is off to approximently 1,216 customers — 259 were unplanned. The affected areas include:

  • City of Antioch – 4
  • City of Clayton – 20
  • City of Pittsburg – 1
  • City of San Ramon – 259
  • Unincorprated – 932

Meanwhile, the National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for the East Bay from 11:00 pm Friday through 8:00 am Saturday. A Red Flag Warning is in effect through 5:00 pm Saturday for the Bay Area.

According to PG&E, Public Safety Power Shutoffs occur to help prevent wildfires and keep you safe. This occurs during severe weather, such as high winds, can cause trees or debris to damage equipment. If there is dry vegetation, this could lead to a wildfire. That’s why we may need to turn power off to keep you safe. This temporary outage is called a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS).

PSPS when severe weather may put you at risk of wildfires:

  • Low humidity
  • Forecasted high winds
  • Dry material on the ground
  • Vegetation near powerlines

Learn about weather monitoring

High wildfire risk areas

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has sorted regions according to their wildfire risk.

Homes and businesses in Tiers 2 and 3 wildfire risk areas are more likely to experience a PSPS.

  • Tier 2: An area where there is an elevated risk of wildfire.
  • Tier 3: An area where there is an extreme risk of wildfire.

View the CPUC map and learn more about high fire-threat areas,

PSPS Stage What happens? When it happens

Severe weather forecasted 

Weather specialists forecast potential severe weather

Up to a week before power is turned off

First watch notification (outages likely) 

We notify you if your address may be affected by a PSPS

Up to two days before power is turned off

Second watch notification (outages likely) 

We update you on the potential PSPS

Up to one day before power is turned off

PSPS delayed 

We notify you that power is on but you are still at risk of having power turned off

If we experience changes to the forecasted weather, resulting in delaying power being turned off

PSPS cancelled 

We notify you that the PSPS has been cancelled and your power will not be turned off

If we experience changes to the forecasted weather and no longer need to turn off power

Warning notifications (outages required)

We notify you if your address will be affected by a PSPS

One to four hours before power is turned off

Power is turned off

We notify you that power has been turned off to prevent wildfires

Once power is turned off

Estimated restoration notification 

We provide updates if there’s a change to our estimated time of restoration

If we experience changes in our restoration estimates

Weather “all-clear” notification

We notify you that we are inspecting powerlines and provide restoration estimates

After severe weather has passed

Power is restored 

We notify you when power has been restored

Once power has been restored

 

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