PG&E preparing for possible power outages amid extreme heat

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Triple-digit temperatures and powerfulness outages tin beryllium a unsafe combination.

That's wherefore PG&E has present activated its section exigency cognition halfway successful southeast Fresno arsenic Central California braces for respective days of excessive heat.

PG&E has tracked upwind events since 1970. Central Valley Region Vice President Josh Simes says since then, the inferior has lone seen terrible conditions, similar the ones we are astir to experience, 18 different times.

"We inquire our PG&E customers, our hometowns, to beryllium prepared for vigor outages that could happen," helium said. "We inquire them to cheque connected their household members, those that are astir susceptible and guarantee that they're OK during the vigor event."

The inferior has notified astir 12,000 customers that it whitethorn request to proactively crook disconnected their powerfulness owed to a operation of vigor and wind, which raises the hazard of fires.

Those nationalist information powerfulness shutoffs are planned successful 10 Northern California counties, including Yolo, Colusa and Shasta.

The database does not see immoderate Central California counties arsenic of Tuesday.

Simes says determination whitethorn beryllium unplanned outages arsenic vigor usage stays precocious astir the clock, putting other accent connected transformers and different equipment.

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He's encouraging everyone to beryllium prepared.

"Whether it's having a battery-operated compartment phone, having their compartment phones wholly charged up," helium said. "We recognize that determination could beryllium opportunities for them to sojourn a cooling halfway that is section successful the city, truthful having the code and knowing wherever those centers are. Also conscionable knowing that the outage could stay for respective hours."

Simes encourages radical to marque definite they person entree to their PG&E account.

You'll beryllium capable to motion up for alerts and spot if there's a powerfulness outage successful your area.

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