More than 270,000 Bay Area PG&E customers to lose power starting Tuesday morning

PG&E has announced that more than 270,000 customers in the immediate Bay Area, along with 7,047 Medical Baseline customers, are expected to lose power as early as Tuesday morning due to another Public Safety Power Shutoff.

PG&E meteorologist Scott Strenfel said compared with Sunday’s event, winds in Tuesday’s event will be weaker but the fuels will be dryer.

The first PG&E customers in the Bay Area that are expected to lose power are in Napa (14,900 customers, 420 medical baseline), Solano (19,785 counties and 901 medical baseline) and Sonoma (86,686 customers, 2,721 medical baseline) counties around 7 a.m.

Customers in six other Bay Area counties are expected to lose power around 11 p.m. Tuesday, PG&E officials said. San Francisco is not affected by this shutdown.

Here is a rundown of where 270,527 PG&E customers and the more than 7,000 medical baseline customers in the Bay Area will be impacted by the shutdown:

  • Marin County 119,533 customers, 2,115 medical baseline;
  • Sonoma County 86,686 customers, 2,721 medical baseline;
  • Solano County 19,785 customers, 901 medical baseline;
  • Napa County 14,900 customers, 420 medical baseline;
  • San Mateo County 13,209 customers, 242 medical baseline;
  • Alameda County 10,306 customers, 352 medical baseline;
  • Santa Cruz County 5,408 customers, 280 medical baseline;
  • Santa Clara County 496 customers, 12 medical baseline;
  • Contra Costa County 204 customers, 4 medical baseline.

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