Temple City is on List for Rotating Electrical Power Outages

Arcadia, CA--This summer, Temple City could see as many as 14 electrical outages due to recent closure of the Aliso Canyon natural gas facility.

"The facility provided over half of Southern California Edison’s gas supply, which was primarily used to fuel power plants during peak periods of high electricity demand," reports from the Temple City Department of Public Safety stated.

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With the facility now on restricted operations, the risk to electric reliability has increased. In the event of overloaded electrical systems and as a last resort, Southern California Edison may soon institute controlled electrical outages.

"For an hour at a time, power will shut down by geographical areas to ease demand," the report said. "These rotating outages will also help local communities like Temple City avoid larger and longer lasting power outages."

Temple City, along with Southern California Edison, will do its best to let residents and commercial customers know of rotating outages ahead of time.

For more information, visit on.sce.com/rotatingoutages or call (800) 611-1911.