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When and where to expect PG&E outages in the Bay Area Tuesday

Hundreds of thousands expected to lose power—again—starting Tuesday

By Adam Brinklow Updated
A sign saying “Sorry, we’re closed. Power is out.” at a Starbucks.
A sign at the entrance of the Starbucks drive-thru in Paradise, California.
Photo by AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

Update: Some of the planned shutoffs in the Bay Area have been canceled due to reduced wind conditions, including areas in Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and San Mateo counties.

According to SFGate, “This reduces the total scope of the Oct. 29 outage by 30,000 customers to about 510,000 customers in portions of 22 California counties.”

Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced Monday that it has restored service to more than 556,000 of the nearly 1 million customers who lost power Saturday. But at the same time, the utility company will move forward with another round of outages starting Tuesday morning.

Hundreds of thousands of Bay Area customers can expect to lose power as the company once again pulls the plug in the face of high winds, a red flag warning, and ongoing fires throughout the northern part of the state.

Sonoma County, Napa County, and Solano County could see shutoffs as early as 7 a.m. Marin, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda, and Contra Costa counties are tentatively scheduled for shutoffs at 11 p.m.

Use this map to see if your address will be affected by the blackouts.

San Francisco remains the only place in the region not in immediate danger of losing power.

Here’s a breakdown of which cities will most likely experience additional blackouts:

  • Marin County (119,533 households): Belvedere, Bolinas, Corte Madera, Dillon Beach, Fairfax, Fallon, Forest Knolls, Greenbrae, Kentfield, Lagunitas, Larkspur, Marshall, Mill Valley, Muir Beach, Nicasio, Novato, Ross, San Anselmo, San Geronimo, San Rafael, Sausalito, Stinson Beach, Tiburon, Tamales, and Wood Acre
  • Napa County (14,900 households): American Canyon, Angwin, Calistoga, Deer Park, Napa, Pope Valley, and Rutherford
  • Alameda County (10,306 household): Oakland and Castro Valley
  • Sonoma County (86,686 households): Annapolis, Bodega, Bodega Bay, Camp Meeker, Cazadero, Cloverdale, Cotati, Duncan Mills, Forestville, Geyserville, Glen Ellen, Graton, Guerneville, Healdsburg, Jenner, Kenwood, Monte Rio, Occidental, Penn Grove, Rio Nido, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Sonoma, Sea Ranch, Valley Ford, Villa Grande, and Windsor
  • San Mateo County (242 households): El Granada, Half Moon Bay, La Honda, Loma Mar, Montera, Moss Beach, Pescadero, and San Gregorio

While PG&E cites no specific communities in Santa Clara or Contra Costa Counties, 496 and 204 households, respectively, will be affected in those areas.

Although PG&E credits the intentional outages for preventing wildfires during high-wind periods in dry weather, the company told the California Public Utilities Commission on Monday that PG&E equipment may have helped ignite Bay Area fires over the weekend.

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo will present an updated plan this week for a municipal power system for his city, saying that San Jose can no longer rely on PG&E.

San Francisco leaders have renewed calls in recent weeks for SF to break way from the bankrupt utility as well, offering billions to buy out PG&E equipment that services the city.

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