LOS ANGELES (July 8, 2017) – Crews are on site assisting LAFD operations and assessing damage at the scene of a fire at Receiving Station J (RS-J) in the North San Fernando Valley at this time. Preliminary information from Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) grid operators are that approximately 140,000 residential and […]
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LADWP Statement Regarding Fire at Receiving Station in North SF Valley
LOS ANGELES (July 8, 2017) – Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) crews are currently responding to a fire that occurred this evening at Receiving Station J, located in the Northridge/Reseda area of Los Angeles. The fire began at approximately 6:52 p.m. and involves equipment that carries high voltage electricity and distributes it […]
LADWP CREWS CONTINUE WORKING TO RESTORE POWER IN FAIRFAX DISTRICT – UPDATE
LOS ANGELES (July 7, 2017) – Multiple LADWP crews continue their work to restore power to portions of the Fairfax District following an outage that occurred this afternoon in an electrical vault. This afternoon’s outage knocked out power to some customers who were affected by an outage that occurred Thursday afternoon that was repaired at […]
MINOR INJURIES REPORTED AFTER EQUIPMENT FAILURE SHATTERS WINDOWS
LOS ANGELES (July 7, 2017) – As LADWP electrical crews restored power to business and residential customers affected by a failed circuit in the Fairfax Village area of the city, a different circuit in the same vault, serving the same community, failed shortly before 1:00 p.m. Friday. The force of that incident caused windows to […]
MAYOR GARCETTI ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF THE WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL ROOFTOP SOLAR PROJECT
LOS ANGELES (June 26, 2017) — Mayor Eric Garcetti today joined the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to celebrate the completion of a historic rooftop solar project that will generate enough renewable energy to power nearly 5,000 homes. The 16.4 Megawatt (DC) Westmont Solar Energy Project in San Pedro will produce over […]
LADWP Runoff Preparation and Management Continue in the Eastern Sierra Region as Water Flows Increase – UPDATE 3
LOS ANGELES (June 23, 2017) – The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) continues to work proactively to handle the massive runoff water resulting from this year’s near record snowpack in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains. These efforts are in partnership with Inyo County, the Inyo Sheriff’s Department, Bishop Police Department, Cal-Trans, Southern […]
