UPDATED ALERT! PGE Public Safety Power Shutoff to Begin in Piedmont at 5:00 p.m. on Sat., Oct.26th
Parts of Piedmont To Be Affected Delayed
ADVISORY: PG&E will be operating two Community Resource Centers near Piedmont for residents to charge phones, cool off, and ask questions of PG&E employees. There will be one in Oakland at Merritt College at 12500 Campus Drive. The other will be in Berkeley at the UC Berkeley Clark Kerr Southwest Parking Lot 1 on Tanglewood Road.
These PG&E Community Resource Centers will be open from 8AM to 6PM or later.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company has confirmed their intent to conduct a Public Safety
Power Shutoff (PSPS) which will include portions of Piedmont as early as Saturday,
October 26th delayed until 7:00 p.m. Other power outages are likely to occur as a result of this wind event.
(As of 3:20 p.m. 10/26/19)
All Piedmonters are advised to be prepared for power outages during this wind event and Red Flag Warning, which may or may not be proactive Public Safety Power Shutoffs.
Based upon information provided by PG&E it appears that many areas in Piedmont will be affected by the PSPS.
ADVISORY: PG&E has advised the City of Piedmont that there is a power outage in Piedmont and Montclair affecting approximately 2600 customers. We do not believe it is related to the Public Safety Power Shutoff, scheduled for later tonight.
READ CITY NOTICES BY CLICKING BELOW:
>2019-10-26 Public Safety Power Shutoff #1
>PCA 2019-10-26 Red Flag Fire Warning
