California Utility Cuts Electricity to Thousands Because of Wildfire Risk
At a Glance Southern California Edison shut off electricity Monday afternoon to more than 14,500 customers.Such outages are called Public Safety Power Shutoffs.Firefighters say emergency calls surge during outages. Power was slowly restored overnight to tens of thousands of customers in Southern California after it was cut because of wildfire danger. Southern California Edison shut off electricity Monday afternoon to 13,809 customers in Mono County and about 715 in Inyo County because of concerns that high winds could knock down...