According to PG&E, only one polling location is expected to be in the scope of the planned power shutdowns.
Fierce winds, dangerous fire conditions and a possible planned power shutdown by PG&E will provide the backdrop for Election Day in the Bay Area and Northern California, officials and forecasters said Monday.
Two polling locations are in areas that could be affected by the shutdowns, officials said: Lakeside Elementary School in Los Gatos, and the Calpine Geothermal Visitor Center in Lake County. If outages are forced by conditions, PG&E officials said, they would likely happen after voting ends at 8 p.m.
The weather service said it already had recorded gusts of 42 mph on Mount Diablo and 38 in the Oakland Hill in the first 12 hours of Monday. Winds blew closer to 15-20 mph in the lower elevations. “In addition to these specific sites,” PG&E wrote in a statement Monday, “we have made plans to stage crews and emergency materials, including generators, across our service territory to quickly restore any unplanned or emergency outages that could potentially impact the election.”
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