Oregon electric company says power shut off 'increasingly likely'

Portland General Electric, Pacific Power, and Forest Grove Light & Power warned that power shutoffs for thousands of customers that may be necessary this weekend due to danger from fires.

Pacific Power originally notified 12,000 customers of the potential for the shutoffs on Wednesday and Thursday provided times for various locations it estimated it would turn the power off. However, the company also warned that if conditions necessitated it would turn off the power sooner.

Affected counties include Polk, Marion, Tillamook, Lincoln, Douglas and Linn. Shutoffs could begin in some of the counties as early as 6 am Friday and last through Saturday night.

As a result, resource centers will open Friday and Saturday from 8 am to 10 pm, offering air conditioning, water refrigeration and heating for medicine or baby needs, televisions and Wi-Fi, and charging stations.