Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) will be holding an Open House for the Shores community to answer questions about their upgrade work on our local gas distribution infrastructure.
Join PG&E this Wednesday, May 14th, 2014
5 to 7 p.m.
Redwood Shores Library
399 Marine Parkway
The current work is part of a system-wide program to enhance the safety and reliability of our natural gas lines that deliver natural gas to you, your neighbors home and local businesses.
The following message has been shared with RSCA regarding road work being done in the Marlin Park area of Redwood Shores. Residents in the affected areas should have received this message in a letter, but for those outside the region or visiting this area, please be aware of work being done that may affect access or may be disruptive with noise.
Redwood Shores has experienced a massive power outage that has affected communities including residents of Marlin Shores, Dolphin Park, Mariner Park, and the Sunrise and Hastings complexes, as well as the Nob Hill shopping center.
UPDATE: As of 9PM on Friday the 25th, PG&E has restored power
to all 2,000 affected homes in Redwood Shores.
Those who have questions about the safety of defrosted food in the fridge
should call the USDA at 1-888-674-6854 for advisement.
PREVIOUS INFO (as of Friday at 9AM:)
Power was lost on Thursday night at approximately 10PM. PG&E is currently working on the situation but does not have an expected time of repair at this time. Redwood City has been alerted to the situation, and RSCA will also be following up with the city as far as the unexpected outage of street lamp and stoplights in the neighborhood.
For more information please call PG&E’s automated power outage phone service at 1-800-743-5002. The main PG&E phoneline is 1-800-743-5000.
PREVIOUS INFO (as of Friday at 11AM:)
On September 21st, PG&E released a list of that company’s top 100 sites in its gas pipeline system that are marked “for longer-term evaluation and planning” by its risk management program.
No segments of pipeline within Redwood City were identified by PG&E as being on that list. The segments nearest to Redwood City which are on that list are in San Carlos, at Brittan Avenue and El Camino Real, and in Menlo Park near Donahoe Street and 101.
The full list and other information is available on PG&E’s web site: www.pge.com/myhome/customerservice/response/pipelinemaintenance
PG&E has also set up a hotline that customers can call to determine if their homes are within 500 feet of a pipeline, or within 500 feet of one of the sections that is on the utility’s top 100 list. That hotline number is (888) 743-7431.
According to its website, the risk of a pipeline segment is determined by PG&E by using the following criteria:
It’s our understanding that PG&E has been ordered by the California Public Utilities Commission to inspect its entire natural gas transmission system. We do not have information on when such inspections will take place in Redwood City. Typically, if PG&E needs to do any work in the public right-of-way in Redwood City, they must obtain a permit from the City, and that is when we would be notified of any impending work, including inspections. We’ll do our best to keep you informed if we get additional information.
Thank you,
— Malcolm Smith
— Public Communications Manager, City of Redwood City, California