Posted By Peter Johnson on Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 11:57 AM Gusty winds and dry conditions caused PG&E to preemptively cut power to hundreds of households in rural southern San Luis Obispo County and Santa Maria on Jan. 19 part of the utility’s first wave of Public Safety Power Shutoffs in 2021. The shutoff, which spans seven Central California counties, is impacting 462 customers around Huasna, Suey, Twitchell Reservoir, and Tepusquet sparsely populated areas east of Arroyo Grande, Nipomo, and Santa Maria. click to enlarge MAP COURTESY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY SHUTOFFS More than 450 customers in SLO and northern Santa Barbara counties are without power due to a PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff on Jan. 19.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced they may need to temporarily cut power to eastern portions of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties Monday night due to hot, dry weather.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has notified a targeted number of customers in small portions of Calaveras, Fresno, Kern, Madera, Mariposa, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare and Tuolumne counties about a potential Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) Monday night. Dry conditions combined with high wind gusts pose an increased risk for damage to the electric system that could ignite fires in areas with dry vegetation.
PG&E Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is open and the company’s meteorologists are monitoring the situation. In addition to the potential for a PSPS event in parts of PG&E service area, strong and gusty winds may cause flying debris and vegetation which can impact power lines and cause additional outages.