Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has started shutting off power to nearly 800,000 customers in parts of 34 counties in Northern and Central California.The utility said the power shutoffs are part of Public Safety Power Shutoff program, which is designed to reduce the threat of wildfire that could be sparked by lines brought down in gusting winds.The strong and dry wind event, forecast for Wednesday morning through Thursday afternoon, is expected to impact much of PG&E's service area. At 12 a.m. Wednesday, the utility started cutting power to more than 500,000 customers in 22 counties. PG&E provided an outage map of areas that will be affected by the PSPS. The areas that will be impacted are highlighted in blue. Zoom in to see if your home or business could be impacted by the power shutoff below. (Can’t see the map below? Tap here) Parts of the following counties will be affected by the PG&E power shutoffs: Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Kern, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Tehama, Tuolumne, Trinity, Yolo and Yuba. (Can't see the map below? Tap here)PHNjcmlwdCBpZD0iaW5mb2dyYW1fMF8yMTcxYTA4Ni03MzRkLTRlMjgtYTM2MC05OTMwMTAxM2I1ODQiIHRpdGxlPSJQb3RlbnRpYWwgUEcmYW1wO2FtcDthbXA7RSBwb3dlciBzaHV0b2ZmIGNvdWxkIGltcGFjdCA2MDAsMDAwKyBjdXN0b21lcnMiIHNyYz0iaHR0cHM6Ly9lLmluZm9ncmFtLmNvbS9qcy9kaXN0L2VtYmVkLmpzP0ptSCIgdHlwZT0idGV4dC9qYXZhc2NyaXB0Ij48L3NjcmlwdD48ZGl2IHN0eWxlPSJwYWRkaW5nOjhweCAwO2ZvbnQtZmFtaWx5OkFyaWFsIWltcG9ydGFudDtmb250LXNpemU6MTNweCFpbXBvcnRhbnQ7bGluZS1oZWlnaHQ6MTVweCFpbXBvcnRhbnQ7dGV4dC1hbGlnbjpjZW50ZXI7Ym9yZGVyLXRvcDoxcHggc29saWQgI2RhZGFkYTttYXJnaW46MCAzMHB4Ij48YSBocmVmPSJodHRwczovL2luZm9ncmFtLmNvbS8yMTcxYTA4Ni03MzRkLTRlMjgtYTM2MC05OTMwMTAxM2I1ODQiIHN0eWxlPSJjb2xvcjojOTg5ODk4IWltcG9ydGFudDt0ZXh0LWRlY29yYXRpb246bm9uZSFpbXBvcnRhbnQ7IiB0YXJnZXQ9Il9ibGFuayI+UG90ZW50aWFsIFBHJkUgcG93ZXIgc2h1dG9mZiBjb3VsZCBpbXBhY3QgNjAwLDAwMCsgY3VzdG9tZXJzPC9hPjxicj48YSBocmVmPSJodHRwczovL2luZm9ncmFtLmNvbSIgc3R5bGU9ImNvbG9yOiM5ODk4OTghaW1wb3J0YW50O3RleHQtZGVjb3JhdGlvbjpub25lIWltcG9ydGFudDsiIHRhcmdldD0iX2JsYW5rIiByZWw9Im5vZm9sbG93Ij5JbmZvZ3JhbTwvYT48L2Rpdj4=

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has started shutting off power to nearly 800,000 customers in parts of 34 counties in Northern and Central California.

The utility said the power shutoffs are part of Public Safety Power Shutoff program, which is designed to reduce the threat of wildfire that could be sparked by lines brought down in gusting winds.


The strong and dry wind event, forecast for Wednesday morning through Thursday afternoon, is expected to impact much of PG&E's service area.

At 12 a.m. Wednesday, the utility started cutting power to more than 500,000 customers in 22 counties.

PG&E provided an outage map of areas that will be affected by the PSPS. The areas that will be impacted are highlighted in blue. Zoom in to see if your home or business could be impacted by the power shutoff below. (Can’t see the map below? Tap here)

Parts of the following counties will be affected by the PG&E power shutoffs: Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Kern, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Tehama, Tuolumne, Trinity, Yolo and Yuba. (Can't see the map below? Tap here)