More than 8,800 LADWP customers remain without power as of Sunday morning, with over 64,000 total customers experiencing outages at some point during the heat wave.
LADWP reported that the number of customers without power in any given neighborhood is “relatively low.” However, the hottest neighborhoods, including areas with fewer trees and green space that help cool concrete, have been hit with the most outages. The most impacted areas include the northeast San Fernando Valley neighborhoods of Sylmar, Pacoima, and Mission Hills.
Elsewhere, University Park, Exposition Park and Echo Park each have more than 1,000 customers without power.
Meanwhile, about 1,800 SoCalEdison customers are without power across the system due to 18 outages as of noon Sunday, which spokesperson Jeff Monford called an “extremely low” number.
SCE has also cut off power to 194 customers in Santa Barbara County as a public safety measure due to potential fire weather in the area.
SCE serves about 15 million people, while LADWP has roughly 1.5 million customers.