Customers in the high desert have been notified that their power may be shut off to protect public safety, according to Southern California Edison.
Southern California Edison notified 6,500 customers of the potential power shut off due to gusty winds, hot and dry conditions between Thursday afternoon and Friday night in the following communities:
Apple Valley, Hesperia, Palmdale, unincorporated Los Angeles County areas, including Little Rock, Llano, Valyermo, Juniper Hills and Pearblossom, and unincorporated San Bernardino County areas, including Lucerne Valley.
“Our personnel and meteorologists- Opens in new window are closely monitoring field weather conditions throughout the region that might be affected by high winds,” said SCE Incident Commander Terry Ohanian, who is leading the response team at the utility’s Emergency Operations Center, on the SCE website.
There may be outages caused by high winds that are unrelated to the safety power shutoff, SCE said on its site.
If an outage occurs, SCE said on its website that power will be restored as weather permits and after crews inspect and determine it is safe to re-energize lines.
Customers whose contact information is on file with SCE will receive alerts by phone, text or email about any power shutoffs.