Stuck in the dark? Here’s where to find power in the Bay Area during the PG&E outage

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Click through the above gallery for a look where the power is still on in the Bay Area amid widespread PG&E outages. (The areas in orange are predicted to be without power by PG&E.)

Residents around the Bay Area will mostly be in the dark again this afternoon as PG&E plans to switch off much of the power ahead of a severe wind event. While much of the region will be without electricity, residents can find some pockets of power.

We've assembled a list of apparent pockets of electricity amid the expected widespread outages in the gallery at the top of this story.

PG&E is closely monitoring Northern California weather forecasts and power will be off in parts of the Sierra Foothills, North Bay, Peninsula, Central Coast, East Bay and Humboldt.

PG&E confirmed Saturday that 940,000 customers (or an estimated 2.8 million people) may be impacted by the shutoffs as of the afternoon.

This could be the most severe wind event in the region since the 2017 North Bay fires with gusts up to 80 mph, according to meteorologists.

This news comes after PG&E cut power to some 179,000 customers Wednesday and Thursday to mitigate wildfire risk. Despite this, the 25,455-acre Kincade Fire appears to have started in a shutoff zone Wednesday night. An outage earlier in the month impacted nearly 2 million California residents.

The electrical system is powered by lines that move across cities and counties and even areas that aren't experiencing high winds will be left without power. If PG&E forecasters determine winds will be high in an area, they may shut off power to that location, which will have a ripple effect through the greater region.

The most reliable access to power? San Francisco County is completely unaffected by PG&E's planned outages.

For updates and the latest outage information: You can visit PG&E's website here.

Editor's note: The maps in this story are created and updated by PG&E. SFGATE was not able to independently verify the power situation on the ground at every location shown in the maps.

Tessa McLean is a digital editor with SFGATE. Email her at tessa.mclean@sfgate.com.

FULL PG&E SHUTOFF COVERAGE:

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