Glendale Hit With 2 Massive Power Outages As Temperatures Hit 90 Degrees
GLENDALE (CBSLA) — A Glendale Water & Power substation failed Wednesday morning, causing multiple power outages around the city that lasted hours.
Glendale Water and Power (GWP) said crews were working on restoring power to all customers. The outage hit most of Glendale, parts of La Crescenta, Echo Park and Eagle Rock. It's unclear exactly how many customers were without power.
The power outage occurred at about 11:15 a.m., just as temperatures hit 90 degrees. Wednesday's forecast high for Glendale is 96 degrees. A little after 1 p.m., power had been restored to the Montrose area. GWP said it could take until 5:30 p.m. for power to be restored to some neighborhoods in the rest of the grid. Crews were working to make repairs on the failed substation.
However, to add insult to injury, Glendale was then hit with a second major outage. In many neighborhoods, power came back and then went out again.
Power eventually came back at around sunset Wednesday. Officials later blamed transformer problems at the same substation was responsible for both outages.
Power restoration to customers within the outlined area will take up to 4 hrs. Some areas outside the outlined area will have power restored within the hour. Thank you for your patience we are working as quickly and safely as possible #MyGlendale pic.twitter.com/rsYfnkiBIJ
— Glendale Water & Power (@COGWaterPower) July 24, 2019
Failure at a substation has caused multiple power outages around the city. We are working on restoration. Please be patient as our crews work on restoring power to all customers. #MyGlendale @MyGlendale
— Glendale Water & Power (@COGWaterPower) July 24, 2019