Southern California Edison is not explaining why it chose to keep electricity running through power lines in Slymar last Thursday, including in an area where the Saddleridge fire ignited.
The focus on Sylmar comes after Gov. Gavin Newsom, state regulators and consumer advocates have lambasted Pacific Gas & Electric for its widespread power outages of last week, which many called excessive. PG&E shut down power to, while Edison cut electricity to far fewer, 24,000, drawing less attention to the utility, except now, with the Saddleridge fire.
When asked about why the lines above Sylmar remained energized, Edison spokesman David Eisenhauer referred back to the utility’s boilerplate criteria for outages: high winds, low humidity, vegetation moisture, on-the-ground observations, potential threats to infrastructure and public safety risk. But in the meantime, the focus remains on the companies to provide more answers. On Thursday, the leader of the state Senate called for an investigation into how PG&E reached its power shutdown decision that affected more than 2 million customers. The utility’s chief executive said in a news conference last week that the company would do better in the future.
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