Thousands in SoCal may lose power in potential Public Safety Power Shutoff

Edison plans for potential power shutoff for thousands of homes to reduce risk of fire.

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Southern California Edison issues a Public Safety Power Shutoff warning, potentially shutting off power for over 73,000 of their customers.

PSPS warnings are issued when weather conditions like strong winds are considered dangerous or pose a risk of wildfire.

The PSPS warning is issued for Wednesday and downgrades to an alert for Thursday.

1.5% of Edison's 5 million customers can potentially be without power, this is how its broken down by county:

Los Angeles County 19124 customers

Orange County 4720 customers

Riverside County 15116 customers

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San Bernardino County 16467 customers

Ventura County 18124 customers

For more details and to check an outage status, visit the SoCal Edison website here.

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