Pacific Power prepares for re-energization of Gasquet, Patrick Creek 

CRESCENT CITY, CA –Today, Pacific Power received permission from the Joint Incident Management Team on the Smith River Complex fires to access the Gasquet area and begin planning for re-energization of that community. 

 Pacific Power crews began the process of bringing a large commercial generator into the area, which is still under a Level 3 evacuation order. Those crews will be completing installation of that generator over the next two days. After the generator is successfully installed, Pacific Power crews will need to patrol all distribution lines serving Gasquet before re-energizing.  

 Re-energization will take place in coordination with the Joint Incident Management Team, who will be providing additional communication about when customers can return to their homes. 

 Because of damage to the power lines and infrastructure serving Patrick Creek, Pacific Power is unable to re-energize that infrastructure until crews can make the necessary repairs. As an alternative, Pacific Power will be providing each customer in that area with a residential generator to meet their electricity needs until the substation serving them can be safely powered up. 

 Due to continued wildfire activity in the transmission corridor serving Crescent City, it remains unsafe to re-energize the transmission line serving the city and surrounding areas. Pacific Power continues to closely monitor all fire activity in the region and will re-energize the transmission lines when it is safe to do so.