First Major Winter Storm of the Season Expected to Impact Northern and Central California This Week
25 Novembro 2019 - 06:00PM
Business Wire
PG&E to Customers: Have a Plan for Wintry
Weather Headed our Way
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) meteorologists are
forecasting a powerful winter storm for Northern and Central
California this week. PG&E is urging its customers to take the
necessary steps to be prepared and stay safe.
The storm arrives Tuesday and will linger until Thanksgiving
day.
“Although the arrival of wet weather is welcome, the storm has
the potential to cause significant outages due to strong winds,
rain, thunderstorms and heavy mountain snow. We’re urging our
customers to have a plan to keep themselves and their families
safe. Our meteorology team is closely tracking the weather and
working with our operations teams in the field to ensure we’re
ready to restore outages safely and as quickly as possible,” said
PG&E principal meteorologist Scott Strenfel.
PG&E’s meteorology team has developed a Storm Outage
Prediction Model that incorporates real-time weather forecasts,
historical data and system knowledge to accurately show where and
when storm impacts will be most severe. This model enables the
company to pre-stage crews and equipment as storms approach to
enable rapid response to outages.
Storm Safety Tips:
- Never touch downed wires: If you see a downed power
line, assume it is energized and extremely dangerous. Do not touch
or try to move it—and keep children and animals away. Report downed
power lines immediately by calling 911 and by calling PG&E at
1-800-743-5002.
- Use flashlights, not candles: During a power outage, use
battery-operated flashlights, and not candles, due to the risk of
fire. If you must use candles, please keep them away from drapes,
lampshades, animals and small children. Do not leave candles
unattended.
- Have a backup phone: If you have a telephone system that
requires electricity to work, such as a cordless phone or answering
machine, plan to have a standard telephone or cellular phone ready
as a backup.
- Have fresh drinking water, ice: Freeze plastic
containers filled with water to make blocks of ice that can be
placed in your refrigerator/freezer during an outage to prevent
foods from spoiling. Blue Ice from your picnic cooler also works
well in the freezer.
- Secure outdoor furniture: Deck furniture, lightweight
yard structures and decorative lawn items should be secured as they
can be blown by high winds and damage overhead power lines and
property.
- Use generators safely: Customers with standby electric
generators should make sure they are properly installed by a
licensed electrician in a well-ventilated area. Improperly
installed generators pose a significant danger to customers, as
well as crews working on power lines. If using portable generators,
be sure they are in a well-ventilated area.
- Turn off appliances: If you experience an outage, unplug
or turn off all electrical appliances to avoid overloading circuits
and to prevent fire hazards when power is restored. Simply leave a
single lamp on to alert you when power returns. Turn your
appliances back on one at a time when conditions return to
normal.
- Safely clean up: After the storm has passed, be sure to
safely clean up. Never touch downed wires and always call 811 or
visit 811express.com at least two full business days before digging
to have all underground utilities safely marked.
Other tips can be found at pge.com/beprepared
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E
Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is one of the largest combined natural gas
and electric utilities in the United States. Based in San
Francisco, with more than 24,000 employees, the company delivers
some of the nation’s cleanest energy to nearly 16 million people in
Northern and Central California. For more information, visit
www.pge.com/ and www.pge.com/en/about/newsroom/index.page.
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