Important safety message from Southern California Edison
Dear Customer,
I am writing to you today to share information about the power outage on Thursday to restore service to the community of Wrightwood. I want to personally thank you for the support and patience shown by the Wrightwood community while SCE crews have been working in the area to repair our infrastructure damaged during the Sheep Fire. We know how difficult this has been for the community of Wrightwood and our thoughts are with you during the community's recovery.
It was anticipated that this outage was to begin at 8am and conclude at 8pm. Unfortunately, we ran into some unexpected challenges due to rugged terrain and the deep, solid rock foundation where pole replacements were necessary. Sometimes these things can occur, and it delays the work even with thorough preparation and planning of the project. The safety of our employees and our community is our number one priority and the additional time needed to make these repairs allowed our service crews to complete the work without incident.
I know this was impactful to our customers and we regret it was necessary to extend the outage. I thank you for understanding and support for the safety of our service crews.
We continue to work closely with local fire authorities and the local government to continue with restoration efforts as new areas become accessible to SCE. In fact, this Monday we plan to have helicopters in the area that will be continuing to support pole replacements. However, we do not anticipate the need to take an outage for this work to be done. In the meantime, if you see a downed power line, please stay away, and call 911.
I commit to you that we will continue updating our customers and our outage map as this important work continues. For more information, please visit our website at
www.sce.com or call 1-800-655-4555. You can also update your outage contact preferences on sce.com/outage should you wish to receive these important notifications through alternate channels such as SMS, email, and phone. If you or a member of your household relies on electrically operated medical or mobility equipment you may qualify for our Medical Baseline program. To learn more about the program visit our website at sce.com/medicalbaseline.
