LOS ANGELES—Thousands of Southland residents were suffering power outages Feb. 25 as a historic winter storm pummels the area, and some customers might not have their electricity restored until late Saturday or Sunday, utility officials said.
Both the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and Southern California Edison were reporting multiple large outages that began Feb. 24.
“Our crews worked through pouring rain & wind overnight to restore power,” the power agency wrote on Twitter at 12:33 p.m. Saturday. “At 10AM this morning, 52,000 customers had been restored, while 66,500 remained without power out of LADWP’s 1.5 million customers.”
The utility tweeted Friday that “customers experiencing outages should expect crews to respond between 12-24 hours from the time the outages are reported. Restoration may take longer depending on field conditions. TY for your understanding. Our crew won’t stop until all are restored.”…