PG&E shut off power during SLO County heat wave. When will electricity return?
PG&E continued to shut off power in some parts of San Luis Obispo County on Thursday morning as hot and dry weather conditions increased the risk of wildfires.
The SLO County Office of Emergency Services announced in a Facebook post on Wednesday morning that PG&E’s Public Safety Power Shutoff watch, announced Tuesday, was upgraded to a warning — meaning power shutoffs will be required in some areas of the county.
The outages started around noon on Wednesday around Lake Nacimiento, according to the PG&E outage map.
Power will be restored around noon on Thursday, PG&E said.
SLO County was one of eight California counties placed under a power shutoff warning on Thursday due to “high winds and dry conditions” that increase fire risk, according to PG&E’s 7-day Public Safety Power Shutoff forecast.
The planned shutoff comes amid a heat advisory from a “heat dome” predicted to bring up-to-triple-digit temperatures to SLO County.
The dry and warm weather has caused below-normal moisture content in dead fuel this year and steadily declining moisture content in live brush, with the “lowest values currently found along the Central Coast,” the forecast said.
The Office of Emergency Services encouraged SLO County residents to check PG&E’s outage website to see if their address is among those scheduled to be affected by the public service power shutoffs on Thursday.
