LOS ANGELES (CNS)—The holiday heat wave is taking a toll on the Southern California power grid with more than 90,000 Southern California Edison and LA Department of Water and Power customers without power early Sept. 7 and electricity for some not expected to be restored until Sept. 8.
The DWP reported at 9 p.m. Sept. 6 that its crews had restored power to 77,000 customers since the extreme heat storm started causing problems on Sept. 5. But crews were working to restore power to some 70,000 customers by repairing overheated and overloaded distribution equipment.
