PG&E shuts 力/強力にする to some to lower wildfire 危険s

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - 太平洋の Gas & Electric said it will shut off 力/強力にする Saturday to about 1,600 顧客s in Northern California and may do the same for thousands more to 減ずる the 危険 of wildfires.

The 公共事業(料金)/有用性 発表するd Friday night that as of Saturday morning it will turn off electricity to 顧客s in Napa, Solano and Yolo 郡s west of Sacramento.

The 公共事業(料金)/有用性 said it also will 監視する 条件s in parts of the Sierra 山のふもとの丘s Saturday night through Sunday when they will be at 頂点(に達する) 解雇する/砲火/射撃 危険. The company said it could decide to 削減(する) 力/強力にする to 30,000 顧客s in Butte, Yuba, Nevada, El Dorado and Placer 郡s.

That 含むs 部分s of 楽園, where a wildfire wiped out nearly 15,000 homes last year.

The 警告 (機の)カム as 予報官s 問題/発行するd the year's first red 旗 警告 of high 解雇する/砲火/射撃 danger because of strong 勝利,勝つd, low 湿度 and warm 気温s in 部分s of the Central Valley and areas north of San Francisco.

After 負かす/撃墜するd 力/強力にする lines and PG&E 器具/備品 were 非難するd for previous 解雇する/砲火/射撃s, the 公共事業(料金)/有用性 has been under enormous 圧力 to 避ける another deadly 炎.

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2019, file photo, Pacific Gas & Electric vehicles are parked at the PG&E Oakland Service Center in Oakland, Calif. The year's first fire danger warning in Northern California is putting Pacific Gas & Electric on alert. The utility said starting Saturday, June 8, 2019, it might turn off power to thousands of customers in areas north of San Francisco and in the Sierra foothills to help reduce the risk of fire. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
< noscript> FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2019, file photo, Pacific Gas & Electric vehicles are parked at the PG&E Oakland Service Center in Oakland, Calif. The year's first fire danger warning in Northern California is putting Pacific Gas & Electric on alert. The utility said starting Saturday, June 8, 2019, it might turn off power to thousands of customers in areas north of San Francisco and in the Sierra foothills to help reduce the risk of fire. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2019, とじ込み/提出する photo, 太平洋の Gas & Electric 乗り物s are parked at the PG&E Oakland Service 中心 in Oakland, Calif. The year's first 解雇する/砲火/射撃 danger 警告 in Northern California is putting 太平洋の Gas & Electric on 警報. The 公共事業(料金)/有用性 said starting Saturday, June 8, 2019, it might turn off 力/強力にする to thousands of 顧客s in areas north of San Francisco and in the Sierra 山のふもとの丘s to help 減ずる the 危険 of 解雇する/砲火/射撃. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, とじ込み/提出する)

直面するing 訴訟s from 保険 companies and wildfire 犠牲者s, the company とじ込み/提出するd for 破産 保護 and 取って代わるd many of its 最高の,を越す leaders.

Those areas are where the 明言する/公表する's most 破滅的な wildfires occurred in the past two years.

"The safety of our 顧客s and the communities we serve is our most important 責任/義務. We know how much our 顧客s rely on electric service, and our 決定/判定勝ち(する) tonight to turn off 力/強力にする is to 保護する our communities experiencing extreme 解雇する/砲火/射撃 danger," Michael 吊りくさび, PG&E's 上級の 副/悪徳行為 大統領,/社長 of electric 操作/手術s, said in a 声明.

The 公共事業(料金)/有用性 said it considers several factors when 決定するing if 力/強力にする should be turned off for safety. They 含む periods of 過度の 勝利,勝つd and low 湿度 when vegetation is 乾燥した,日照りのd out and can easily 点火(する).

明言する/公表する 解雇する/砲火/射撃 of ficials said grass and shrub in the valley and 山のふもとの丘s have 乾燥した,日照りのd にもかかわらず an 異常に 雨の spring.

"The moisture stayed with us through May, but it 乾燥した,日照りのs out quickly 予定 to our Mediterranean 気候," said Scott McLean, a 広報担当者 with the California Department of 植林学 and 解雇する/砲火/射撃 保護.

The 警告 is in 影響 until 5 p.m. Sunday.

Once 力/強力にする is shut off, PG&E said its 乗組員s will 検査/視察する every de-energized line before they 回復する 力/強力にする, a 過程 that can keep the lights out for days even after 条件s 改善する.

The 予防の outages could inconvenience 顧客s while 危うくするing some who depend on electricity.

Last week, 明言する/公表する regulators 認可するd 許すing 公共事業(料金)/有用性s to 削減(する) off electricity when 解雇する/砲火/射撃 危険 is 極端に high. The California Public 公共事業(料金)/有用性s (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限 said 公共事業(料金)/有用性s must do a better 職業 educating and 通知するing the public, 特に those with disabilities and others who are 攻撃を受けやすい, and ramp up 予防の 成果/努力s, such as (疑いを)晴らすing 小衝突 and 任命する/導入するing 解雇する/砲火/射撃-抵抗力のある 政治家s.

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