California wildfires: Power-shut offs by utilities add new concerns for communities facing wildfire risk.
Charge your medical equipment and phone batteries now. Make sure you have enough nonperishable food to last a few days.The state is entering the height of fire season, with a dangerous mix of strong winds and temperatures approaching triple digits forecast across its valleys and foothills. For the first time this year, several Northern and Southern California communities simultaneously are facing preemptive blackouts to reduce the fire risks.“It’s the new normal we expect to see,” Brown said.
“What we’ve learned over the last two years is that the potential [for wildfire] is so great that we’re changing our practices,” said Robert Villegas, an Edison spokesman. “We’re monitoring year-round. There is no more seasons for us.” “Although we’ve made great efforts to protect our communities, there are still times during extreme weather when we may employ the use of Public Safety Power Shut-offs to try to prevent our electric system from becoming the source of an ignition which may endanger local residents and communities,” a company spokeswoman said in email.
By Monday afternoon, those concerns were scaled back to three counties and thousands of customers in the Sierra foothills. PG&E decided not to proceed with evening shut-offs in Lake, Napa and Sonoma counties in the North Bay, and in El Dorado, Placer and Sutter counties in the Sierra foothills. The utility said it might shut off power to parts of those counties Tuesday, depending on the weather.
Brown said officials have been in constant communication with the utility and first responders about how to prepare.
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