Power outage in Palm Springs: SCE says thousands affected Friday
Power outage in Palm Springs: SCE says thousands affected Friday
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A power outage impacting thousands of Southern California Edison customers in Palm Springs darkened homes and businesses Friday, according to the company’s outage map.
First reported at 10:53 a.m., centered on the Sonora Sunrise neighborhood, the company’s outage map said at one point around 11:30 a.m. 11,446 customers were impacted.
That number had fallen sharply to 77 at 11:51 a.m., around the time the company predicted most would have their power restored.
However, as of 1:42 p.m., the figure spiked back up to 5,787, with the outage centered on South La Verne Way.
SCE was still in the process of analyzing the problem at 2:06 p.m. No reason for the outage has yet been given. A field operator was on the way to the site of the outage, according to an update from SCE.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
Sam Morgen covers the city of Palm Springs for The Desert Sun. Reach him at smorgen@gannett.com.