Southern California Edison is considering public safety power shut-offs (PSPS) on Thanksgiving Day as high winds bring elevated fire danger.
SoCal Edison is monitoring conditions for a PSPS outage starting at noon on Thanksgiving Day until 3 p.m. Friday, according to the utility company.
The affected areas near the Santa Clarita Valley include the eastern portion of Canyon Country, Acton and Agua Dulce.
A map of areas being monitored for potential public safety power shut-offs from 12 p.m. Thursday to 3 p.m. Friday.
Across Los Angeles County over 13,000 customers are potentially impacted, according to SCE.
“During these events, we will proactively turn off power in high fire risk areas to reduce the threat of wildfires. Turning off our customers’ power is not something we take lightly, but PSPS events are one of the ways we can better ensure the safety of the public, our customers and our employees,” said SoCal Edison officials.
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A Santa Ana wind event is expected to arrive on Thanksgiving Day bringing 60 mile per hour wind gusts, resulting in a fire watch being put into place over the holiday.
Starting Thursday morning, winds are expected to start increasing with the strongest winds expected Thursday evening, said Eric Boldt, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service (NWS).
“We are expecting northeast winds to develop earlier Thursday morning over the mountains down into the valley,” Boldt said.
Winds are expected to reach gusts of 35 to 45 mph during the day, according to Boldt.
After sunset on Thursday, officials with the National Weather Service are predicting that winds will be at their peak with gusts reaching 60 mph in the mountains, according to Boldt.
“These are the kinds of winds that can cause tree damage and damage to power lines,” Boldt said.
As of Tuesday afternoon, officials are putting a fire watch into place, however, by Thursday the watch is possible to become a Red Flag Warning, according to Boldt.
For more information on public safety power shut-offs visit the Southern California Edison website.
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