CD&P GM Lisa Carter attended a Town Hall about Public Safety Power Shut-Offs hosted by Congressman Jerry McNerney last week. The outlook is grim with the hot, dry weather - wildfires are a certainty this year. 

Pacific Gas & Electric filed its state-mandated 2021 wildfire safety plan in February. The extensive plan proposes to clear vegetation, inspect power lines, install sensors and cameras, and otherwise invest in efforts to prevent a recurrence of the deadly wildfires that pushed the Northern California utility into bankruptcy.

But perhaps the most controversial part of PG&E’s plan is to dramatically expand the scope of planned grid outages, which are intended to preempt the risk of its grid sparking more deadly wildfires this summer, and the disruptions and dangers those blackouts could cause.

Please visit our PGE Planned Power Outages resource page to see what you can expect and how to prepare, stay safe and prepare your business now in order to minimize the effects.