FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT, HEATHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THOSE WINDS MOVING IN ARE TRIGGERING PG&E TO PUT RESIDENTS ON HIGH ALERT. CUSTOMERS IN SOLANO COUNTY COULD LOSE THEIR POWER TOMORROW NIGHT, AND THAT INCLUDES SOME POLLING LOCATIONS. KCRA 3’S MARICELA DE LA CRUZ IS LIVE IN VACAVILLE. MARICELA PLANS ARE IN PLACE SHOULD POLLING PLACES BE IMPACTED TOMORROW AND HAVE THE POWER SHUT OFF? CORRECT? YEAH, AND IT’S SOLANO COUNTY IS ONE OF THE COUNTIES WITH THE MOST WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER OF IMPACTED CUSTOMERS. AND A LOT OF THESE CUSTOMERS ARE LOCATED AROUND THE FOOTHILLS OF VACAVILLE. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, ONE OF THE PLACES THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED IS A POLLING LOCATION THAT’S GOING TO BE OPEN TOMORROW AT MOOSE LODGE CHAPTER 1498. THAT’S LOCATED ALONG GIBSON CANYON ROAD. WE HEARD FROM SOLANO COUNTY REGISTRAR’S OFFICE WHO ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS AFTER WE ASKED ABOUT THEIR PLAN. THEY SAID THEY HAD NOT BEEN IN TOUCH WITH PG&E E HOWEVER, SINCE THE SHUTOFFS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AT 7:00, THEY DO HAVE BATTERY UPS UNITS DELIVERED AT EVERY SINGLE POLLING LOCATION. THESE CAN RUN ALL THE EQUIPMENT FOR FOUR HOURS. SO THE BIG MESSAGE TO EVERYONE THAT IS GOING TO BE COMING OUT HERE, THAT IS GOING TO BE VOTING AT THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION, IS THAT VOTING OPERATIONS WILL CONTINUE REGARDLESS OF ANY PSPS BEING IN EFFECT. AS FOR RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA, RESIDENTIAL AREA WHERE WE HAVE BEEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY, THEY TELL US THAT THESE PSP WARNINGS ARE NOT UNCOMMON OUT HERE AND THEY ARE JUST HOPING THAT THESE DON’T LAST MORE THAN A FEW HOURS. FORTUNATELY, THE PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTOFFS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BEGIN UNTIL WELL AFTER THE POLLING LOCATIONS HAVE CLOSED. NONETHELESS, THE TWO LOCATIONS THAT WE KNOW OF, WE HAVE BROUGHT IN BACKUP GENERATION JUST IN CASE THEY NEED THAT AND ANY OTHER LOCATION THAT IS IN NEED OF THAT SERVICE, WE WILL DO THAT AS WELL. I DON’T HAVE ANY LIFE THREATENING ISSUES AT THE MOMENT WHERE I NEED A GENERATOR OR SOMETHING, SO I THINK I CAN HANG A DAY AS LONG AS IT’S NOT MORE THAN THAT, THEN WE’LL SEE. AND ORCHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OUT HERE, VACAVILLE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY THE PSPS. HOWEVER, THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WILL BE HAVING GENERATORS IN PLACE. THOSE WILL BE UP AND RUNNING TOMORROW. IF THOSE PSPS DO GO INTO EFFECT INTO WEDNESDAY AND UP TO THURSDAY MORNING. FOR NOW, WE ARE LIVE MARICELA DE LA CRUZ KCRA THREE NEWS. MARICELA, THANK YOU. THE OTHER TWO POLLING LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE IMPACTED ARE IN LAKE COUNTY AND IN LOS GATOS, SAY PG&E SPOKESPERSON SAID THEY ALREADY HAVE GENERATORS AT THOSE

MAP: PG&E to launch planned outages in parts of 17 California counties starting on Election Day

Ahead of Election Day, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. announced it will launch planned shutoffs to about 15,000 customers in areas it deems to have elevated wildfire risk.In recent years, PG&E created the Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) program, which is when it proactively shuts off power to customers where it believes wildfires involving its equipment are more likely to start.On 7 p.m. Sunday, the utility said 17 counties and three tribal areas in California are at risk of fires, citing high winds and dry conditions. This round of outages could even impact five polling locations for Election Day.The Calpine Geothermal Visitor Center in Lake County and Lakeside Elementary School in Los Gatos. Neither would see an outage until 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, which is well after when voting would have already ended for the General Election. Girl Scout House at 3352 Hillridge Drive, Fairfield (9:00 p.m. start time)Orchard School at 805 N. Orchard Avenue, Vacaville (9:00 p.m. start time)Moose Lodge at 6585 Canyon Road, Vacaville (9:00 p.m. start time)PG&E said they will have backup generators available out of an abundance of caution. No tabulation centers are expected to be impacted by the planned outages.KCRA 3 Meteorologist Tamara Berg said sustained winds on Tuesday could range between 10-15 mph, and gusts could be as strong as 35 mph.These are the counties where some customers will be impacted by the outages starting Tuesday:AlamedaButteContra CostaLakeNapaPlumasSanta ClaraSanta CruzSolanoSonomaStanislausYolo”This is the first time that I’ve been in the vicinity of what they’re calling a power outage for a day and a half, so I hope I get through it,” said Vacaville resident Michael Coleman.Ahead of the planned outages, the Solano County Office of Emergency Services announced three community resource centers impacted PG&E customers can go to.Vacaville Costco1051 Hume WayVacaville, CA 95867Available from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on outage daysGreen Valley Golf Course35 Country Club RoadFairfield, CA 94534Available from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on outage daysJoseph Nelson Community Center611 Village DriveSuisun City, CA 94585Available from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on outage daysClick here to see where the planned outages are expected and when they would begin.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

Ahead of Election Day, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. announced it will launch planned shutoffs to about 15,000 customers in areas it deems to have elevated wildfire risk.

In recent years, PG&E created the Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) program, which is when it proactively shuts off power to customers where it believes wildfires involving its equipment are more likely to start.

On 7 p.m. Sunday, the utility said 17 counties and three tribal areas in California are at risk of fires, citing high winds and dry conditions.

This round of outages could even impact five polling locations for Election Day.

The Calpine Geothermal Visitor Center in Lake County and Lakeside Elementary School in Los Gatos. Neither would see an outage until 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, which is well after when voting would have already ended for the General Election. Girl Scout House at 3352 Hillridge Drive, Fairfield (9:00 p.m. start time)Orchard School at 805 N. Orchard Avenue, Vacaville (9:00 p.m. start time)Moose Lodge at 6585 Canyon Road, Vacaville (9:00 p.m. start time)

PG&E said they will have backup generators available out of an abundance of caution. No tabulation centers are expected to be impacted by the planned outages.

KCRA 3 Meteorologist Tamara Berg said sustained winds on Tuesday could range between 10-15 mph, and gusts could be as strong as 35 mph.

These are the counties where some customers will be impacted by the outages starting Tuesday:

AlamedaButteContra CostaLakeNapaPlumasSanta ClaraSanta CruzSolanoSonomaStanislausYolo

“This is the first time that I’ve been in the vicinity of what they’re calling a power outage for a day and a half, so I hope I get through it,” said Vacaville resident Michael Coleman.

Ahead of the planned outages, the Solano County Office of Emergency Services announced three community resource centers impacted PG&E customers can go to.

Vacaville Costco

1051 Hume WayVacaville, CA 95867Available from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on outage days

Green Valley Golf Course

35 Country Club RoadFairfield, CA 94534Available from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on outage days

Joseph Nelson Community Center

611 Village DriveSuisun City, CA 94585Available from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on outage days

Click here to see where the planned outages are expected and when they would begin.