Brutal Heat Wave Leads to Power Outages for Thousands of SDG&E Customers
The outages were recorded in La Jolla, Poway and Carlsbad, which was hit the hardest.
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The outages were recorded in La Jolla, Poway and Carlsbad, which was hit the hardest.
Another day of high temperatures across San Diego County and throughout California is pushing the state’s power grid to the breaking point, with rolling blackouts a possibility.
Seven thousand homes were without power in the Bay Area on Tuesday afternoon, as a heatwave forced people to crank up the air conditioning and leaving the power grid struggling to cope.
Fire crews are battling three large fires, tackling the Mountain Fire raging on Gazelle-Callahan Road in Siskiyou County, the Mill Fire near Weed City, and the Fairview Fire near LA.
State energy officials said the electrical load Tuesday afternoon could top the highest demand the state has ever seen