Heat wave causes power outages for more than 100,000 LADWP customers
More than 100,000 homes in Los Angeles endured triple-digit temperatures without power at some point during this nearly week-long heat wave.
"Extreme heat has caused power outages in some neighborhoods. @LADWP crews are working to restore power quickly and safely," Mayor Karen Bass posted on X last Friday.
According to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, from Wednesday to Monday, 109,827 customers had their power cut at some point during the heatwave, which brought record-setting temperatures to downtown Los Angeles, Long Beach and LAX.
Residents in the San Fernando Valley, where temperatures consistently reached above 100 degrees, bore the brunt of the outages, with dozens scattered around the area.
At the time of Bass' tweet, about 130 outages affected more than 16,500 households in the City of LA. By noon on Monday, crews had reduced the number by more than half to 6,700. About 100 minor outages affected a fraction of the 1.5 million customers the LADWP serves, according to the utility company.
The concerns of outages cutting power to air conditioners during the heat wave prompted LA Unified School District officials to shift over a dozen schools to a minimum day schedule:
- Noble Elementary School
- Woodlake Elementary School
- Lassen Elementary School
- Haddon Elementary School
- El Oro Way Elementary School
- Haskell Elementary School
- Morningside Elementary School
- Van Nuys Middle School
- Canoga Park High School
- John F. Kennedy High School
- North Hollywood High School
- Elizabeth Learning Center
- Ellen Ochoa Learning Center
- Breed Street Elementary School
- Wadsworth Elementary School
