California public safety power shutdowns

Wed Oct 9 19:44:55 UTC 2019

On Oct 9, 2019, at 12:36 PM, Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com> wrote:
> Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison have started Public Safety Power Shut-offs (PSPS) in California wildfire high-risk areas.
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> Shut-offs are taking place in three phases. PG&E began shutoffs at midnight in Northern California and the North Bay counties, while the rest of the Bay Area is scheduled to begin losing power in waves at noon. A possible third phase will occur later in the day in the southernmost parts of the PG&E service area in the San Joaquin Valley and Central Coast.
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> Southern California Edison said it's considering cutting power to more than 100,000 customers in eight counties. The utilities haven't said how many people the outages will affect in all.

Indeed. Meanwhile, I'm in Walnut Creek, and estimates of wind velocity here vary from zero to five knots.