LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER RAIN & LIGHTNING STORM UPDATE Saturday, September 22, 2007 9:30 PM A brief update since our last report: Over 53 crews worked thru the day and into tonight to restore power to a total of approximately 29,000 customers affected by the season’s first storm. Since 7AM this morning […]
2007 Archive
LADWP Continues Power Restoration Caused By Powerful Storm
Saturday, September 22, 2007 RAINSTORM & OUTAGE UPDATE AS OF 6:00 PM Highlights: * The rain storm that hit the area has resulted in the current disruption of power to approximately 12,392 customers as of 6:00 PM today – many from wires down, caused by wind, rain and lightning. * Over 50 crews are in the field […]
LADWP Responds to Storm Related Outages
Saturday, September 22, 2007 RAIN & LIGHTNING STORM OUTAGE UPDATE AS OF 12:30 PM Highlights: The violent rain and lightning storm knocked out power to approximately 27,000 customers as of 12:30 AM today – many from wires down most likely caused by lightning and in some cases auto accidents according to preliminary info. Over 50 crews are […]
LADWP Continues to Restore Power Throughout the City
Saturday, September 22, 2007 RAINSTORM & OUTAGE UPDATE AS OF 3:00 PM Highlights: The rain storm that hit the area has resulted in the current disruption of power to approximately 16,392 customers as of 3:00 PM today – many from wires down, caused by wind, rain and lightning. Over 50 crews are in the field and […]
LADWP LINE PATROL MECHANIC LOSES LIFE
LOS ANGELES – Phillip J. Wickey, 54, a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) line patrol mechanic with 20 years of service, lost his life Sept. 9 following an Aug. 20th accident which also involved two other power system crew members. Wickey and his two colleagues were critically injured by an electrical flash […]
All Customers Restored by LADWP
Highlights: • As of 9:30 a.m., all customers affected by heat-related outages have been restored. • There are currently about 46 crews in the field, including DWP electric trouble crews, district crews, transmission crews, and private crews who are working on the replacement of transformers that were in jeopardy or had to be reset during […]
