据Julia Amann报道，由于干燥的大风增加了野火的风险，PG&E公司警告称本周末可能会切断加州北部一些客户的电力供应。
PG&E Corp. is warning that it may shut off power to some customers in northern California this weekend as dry winds elevate the risk of wildfires.
根据PG&E网站上的通知，在萨克拉门托北部和西部七个县，该公司可能在周六至周一期间切断电力。
California’s biggest utility may switch off power in as many as seven counties north and west of Sacramento between Saturday and Monday, during a period of “fire danger,” according to a notice on PG&E’s website.
该地区正经历异常温暖的天气，预计会有干燥且阵风强劲的风吹过。
Dry, gusty winds are expected to blow through the region, which is experiencing unseasonably warm weather.
美国西部的公用事业公司越来越多地选择切断客户的电力，以降低引发致命野火的风险。
Utilities in the US West have increasingly opted to cut power to customers as they strive to limit their risk of starting deadly wildfires.
通过主动进行所谓的‘公共安全停电’，这些公司可以减少电力线路意外引发火灾的可能性，从而降低自身的财务责任。
Proactively switching off power in so-called public safety power shutoffs may reduce the chance PG&E Corp.f the companies’ power lines inadvertently sparking a fire, limiting their financial liabilities.