PG&E Mobilizing for Powerful Winter Storm Expected to Arrive in Northern California Thursday, Spread to Rest of the State Friday

, Calif. acific as and lectric Co pany is obili ing personnel ahead of a significant winter stor that will arrive Thursday afternoon and ove across uch of orthern and Central California riday, bringing with it significant rain, snow levels rising to 6, to 8, feet north to south in the ierra, as well as strong wind gusts.

The inco ing adverse weather could result in trees, li bs and other debris falling into powerlines, da aging e uip ent and interrupting electric service. s eteorology depart ent is warning of another challenge for custo ers and crews ooding due to elting snow.

The upco ing stor will be a strong and uch war er event. ignificant rain, which could total three to seven inches in the ountains, on top of the existing snowpack, will present ooding risks, said cott trenfel, irector of eteorology and ire cience. The wind co bined with heavy rain and ooding risks can lead to access issues for our crews if trees fail and roadways ood, which can result in longer outage durations for so e custo ers.

oised to respond to outages are electric crews, trouble en, distribution line technicians and syste inspectors who serve as the utility s first responders, along with personnel who will onitor electric incidents for public safety.

n addition, has opened its ergency perations Center and local operations e ergency centers in i pacted regions to

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ore e ciently allocate crews, aterials and other resources to restoration efforts.

The co pany is using its stor outage prediction odels that help deter ine the potential ti ing, location, and nu ber of power outages. The odels allow the co pany to have extra crews on standby to deploy to areas hard hit by the stor . is also prestaging power poles, powerlines, transforers, and other electric e uip ent at yards throughout its service area to restore power to affected areas safely and as uickly as possible.

redictions for nco ing eather ar er and wet conditions are expected to return to the region Thursday as a oderately strong at ospheric river stor takes ai at the territory. recipitation and wind then look to pick up in intensity Thursday afternoon and evening across orthern California and will spread southeast across the re ainder of the state into early riday. oderate to heavy rainfall with bree y to gusty winds and possibly isolated to scattered thunderstor s are expected to continue through riday. inds, and thunderstor threats will then di inish during the afternoon and evening, with scattered precipitation continuing into early aturday. now levels look to raise above , feet across the orth and possibly up to 8, to 1 , feet across the central southern ierra Thursday evening into riday. This could lead to a a or snow elt event across the state on top of ash ooding threats fro new rainfall. eeping Custo ers nfor ed dditionally, custo ers can sign up for outage notifications by text, e ail, or phone. will let custo ers know the cause of an outage, when crews are on their way, the esti ated restoration ti e and when power has been restored. tor afety Tips ever touch downed wires f you see a downed power line, assu e it is energi ed and extre ely dangerous. o not touch or try to ove it and keep children and anials away. eport downed power lines iediately by calling -1-1 and then at 1-8 - 3- 2. se generators safely Custo ers with standby electric generators should ensure they are properly installed by a licensed electrician in a well-ventilated area. properly installed generators pose a significant danger to custo ers, as well as crews working on powerlines. f using portable generators, be sure they are in a well-ventilated area. se ashlights, not candles uring a power outage, use battery-operated ashlights and not candles, due to the risk of fire. nd keep extra batteries on hand. f you ust use candles, please keep the away fro drapes, la pshades, ani als and s all children. o not leave candles unattended. ave a backup phone f you have a telephone syste that re uires electricity to work, such as a cordless phone or answering achine, plan to have a standard telephone or cellular phone ready as a backup. aving a portable charging device helps to keep your cell phone running. ave fresh drinking water and ice ree e plastic containers filled with water to ake blocks of ice that can be placed in your refrigerator free er to prevent food spoilage. afely clean up fter the stor has passed, be sure to safely clean up. ever touch downed wires and always call 8-1-1 or visit 811express.co at least two full business days before digging to have all underground utilities safely arked. ther tips can be found at afety and reparedness, tor afety, and afety ction Center.

Custo ers can view real-ti e outage infor ation at s online outage center and search by a specific address, by city or by county. This site has been updated to include support in 16 languages.

Turn off appliances f you experience an outage, unplug or turn off all electrical appliances to avoid overloading circuits and to prevent fire ha ards when power is restored. i ply leave a single la p on to alert you when power returns.

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