Starting tomorrow, PG & E will begin conducting practice patrol flights in the area, as part of efforts to reduce the impact of Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events on customers. Pre-patrols improve safety, help execute regular patrols more efficiently, and provide key information to determine service restoration timing – all to reduce the impact on customers during an actual PSPS. PG&E will be flying different helicopters at different times Monday through Friday, but not necessarily every day, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. throughout the month. Choppers will fly around a hundred feet along electric distribution lines in Lake, Mendocino, and Humboldt counties.