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July 2018 Heat Storm Outage Event Summary

Crews Nearing Full Restoration of Customer Outages Remaining from Weekend Heat Storm LADWP crews working to restore power to those affected As of 4:30 p.m. today, July 9, LADWP power system crews are nearing full restoration of customer outages remaining from this weekend’s heat storm. Crews restored power to nearly all affected residents in Koreatown […]

Crews Make Significant Progress Overnight as they Work to Restore Localized Power Outages Affecting 7,800 Customers LADWP crews working to restore power as quickly and safely as possible With the current heat storm, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) power system field crews have made significant progress overnight. As of 9:00 a.m. today, […]

Continued Conservation Urged as Crews Work to Restore Localized Power Outages Affecting 26,500 Customers LADWP crews working to repair damaged cable at 6th and Oxford.   As of 6 P.M. Sunday, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) power system field crews have restored power to 57,000 customers since Friday’s heat storm began.  However, continued […]

  LADWP crews working to repair damaged cable on Commonwealth Avenue to restore power to apartment building behind them. LADWP power system crews made significant progress overnight and now have restored power to nearly 51,000 customers since the heat storm began Friday. Additional overnight crews and cooler temperatures in the late evening and early morning hours […]

  LADWP crews working to repair damaged cable in the 5400 block of Fulton Avenue With another triple-digit day of record-breaking heat, electricity demand and additional outages, LADWP has increased its estimated restoration time from 12 – 24 hours to 24-48 hours, with restoration work on some more complex outages potentially taking longer than 48 hours.  Unrelenting weather conditions […]