Pacific Gas and Electric Company may have implemented a public safety power shutoff for its customers in the Northstate due to a possible wind event that may begin Thursday afternoon.

Tuolumne County is expected to see the worst of the incoming weather conditions this weekend. Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) is already planning to cut power to nearly 4,000 customers there to reduce fire risk.

Public safety power shutoffs are done in anticipation of fire risk. A Red Flag Warning is in effect from 11 p.m. Thursday through 5 p.m. Saturday.

PG&E is preparing to intentionally cut power as early as Thursday to thousands of customers in California to reduce hazards from power lines amid heightened wildfire risk, the utility company said. The move could leave up to 28,

PG&E is now warning customers across its service region of likely power shutoffs in the coming days as concerning weather moves into Northern and Central California.

PG&E, California’s largest utility provider, has warned upwards of around 32,000 customers in northern and central parts of the Golden State that they could see their power shut off in an effort to reduce the wildfire risk from energized equipment and power lines.

As many as 28,000 customers could be affected through the weekend, PG&E said in a statement Tuesday night after activating its PSPS advisory page. “Given the forecasted strong winds and current dry vegetation conditions,

Ahead of potentially dangerous conditions that could lead to wildfires, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is warning of possible public safety power shutoffs across a wide swath of Northern and Central California beginning as early as Thursday night.