Heat wave cuts power to over 80K around Los Angeles

Utility Dive: Generation availability in California — particularly fuel supply to gas plants — has sparked reliability concerns at CAISO and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, but utilities there say year’s first wave of major outages is due largely to the strain that high temperatures and record power demand put on their distribution systems.

As of Sunday night, LADWP said it had restored power to more than 57,000 customers, but "continued overloading of circuits has slowed restoration progress and led to recurring outages in some neighborhoods," leaving more than 26,000 without power.

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