PG&E is planning a Public Safety Power Shutoff in parts of southern Marin County as soon as Wednesday, including parts of Mill Valley, according to authorities.

Marin County officials said they were told by PG&E that planned shutoffs could take place in portions of Mill Valley, Kentfield and San Anselmo by 2 p.m. Wednesday and last into Thursday, and that the affected customers will mostly be in the Mill Valley area.

PG&E is scheduled to open a Community Resource Center at the Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, at 12 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Mill Valley Police Department.

PG&E implements what it calls Public Safety Power Shutoffs to power down equipment in areas where weather conditions could spark wildfires.

People can check whether their address is in an area that could have power shutoffs by using PG&E’s outage map.

Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.