Wednesday, September 5, 2007
OUTAGE UPDATE AS OF 10 PM
Highlights:
- Total # of customers affected by outages as of 10 PM today: Approx 3,400.
- We are now dealing primarily with neighborhood outages, primarily Los Feliz, Hollywood, Brentwood and Bel Aire Estates. The remainder are isolated single outages (165 customers)
- This means about 27,600 customers have had their power restored since noon yesterday, when DWP reported close to 30,000 customers affected by outages.
- All customers who had been without electric service for 72 hours or more have been fully restored.
- About 100 customers who have been without electric service between 48 and 72 hours are expected to have power restored by 11 PM tonight.
- Cooler temperatures last night and today have helped restoration efforts.
- We are down to only 1 partial circuit outage in Hollywood, and no circuit outages.
- 2,186 customers remain affected by 42 small outages scattered across Valley and Metro areas.
- We have about 90 crews in the field, including DWP electric trouble crews, district crews, transmission crews, an Owens Valley crew, and private crews who were called in to assist in restoration efforts.
- Crews are now working their 7th straight day on 16-hour shifts.
DETAILS:
Circuit Outages:
There are currently no circuit outages. Circuit outages were restored today in Monterey Park, Hollywood, West Hills, and yesterday at Woodland Hills, Sherman Oaks and Chinatown.
Partial Circuit Outages:
We have restored power to all but one partial circuit.
Metro - 1 partial outages: 634 customers in Hollywood
There is also a partial circuit outage affecting an IS station located at 1201 Figueroa St. (Convention Center).
Partial circuit outages were restored today and last night in Los Feliz, Park La Brea, Pacoima, Brentwood, Studio City, Bel Air, Mid-City, and Eagle Rock.
Metro Neighborhood Outages (small localized): 38 localized outages affecting 2,141 customers
Valley Neighborhood outages: 4 localized outages affecting 45 customers
Neighborhood outages total: 42 affecting approx 2,186 customers
Neighborhoods most affected include Los Feliz (750), Hollywood (600), Bel Air Estates (141), Brentwood (144), and Koreatown (184).
There are 165 single customer outages.
POWER DEMAND
Due to cooler temperatures, today's power demand peaked at 5033 MW, about 700 MW lower than Monday's peak demand of 5737 MW.
Today's unofficial peak was 5033 MW-reached at 3:31 PM
Yesterday's peak energy demand was 5938 MW at 2:58 PM
The LADWP has experienced 5 straight days of record setting demand; while yesterday was not another record-setting peak, demand was still extremely high.
Customers are urged to continue to conserve power
Customers without power may experience outages lasting from 24 to 48 hours.
Joseph Ramallo
LADWP Public Affairs
voice: (213) 367-1361
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