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Publish Date : 03-Jan-2015

With a major wind storm now heading toward Northern and Central California, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is reminding customers that power outages may occur this week due to high winds and snowfall in certain areas. Winds are expected to be 40 to 50 miles per hour with gusts up to 70 miles per hour in the higher terrain. These conditions could cause vegetation and other debris to bring down power lines, damage equipment and interrupt electric service throughout the region. In order to ensure that service is restored to impacted customers safely and as quickly as possible, PG&E is activating its emergency centers, implementing its emergency preparedness plans and utilizing advanced technology.

"As the winds pick up throughout our service area, PG&E has mobilized resources in the impacted areas, and they are prepared when winds subside to restore service safely and as quickly as possible," said Gregg Lemler, vice president of electric transmission operations for PG&E. "We also encourage our customers to have a personal or family preparedness plan in place to ensure that they are as prepared as possible for every type of weather event."

PG&E routinely practices its preparedness and response to storms and other emergencies through company exercises and drills with local first responders. The company also utilizes the latest technology to restore power more quickly and efficiently after a storm. This includes the use of storm outage prediction models, the installation of automated equipment that “self-heals” the electric grid as well as timely and accurate outage data from its network of more than 5.2 million electric SmartMeters. The utility also deploys vegetation management crews throughout the year to trim branches that could come into contact with power lines during a storm.

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