What to Know
- SDG&E confirmed that heat was a factor in some of those circuits coming offline
- By 7 a.m. Monday, 109 customers were without power
- The biggest outages were recorded in Chula Vista, East Ramona and Pine Valley
Excessively high heat baked San Diego County Saturday, shutting off power for over 10,500 SDG&E customers at one point, according to the electric company.
The biggest outages were recorded in Chula Vista, East Ramona and Pine Valley.
SDG&E confirmed that heat was a factor in some of those circuits coming offline.
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The company hoped to have power restored by 8 p.m. Saturday.
By 10:56 p.m. Saturday, about 3,922 customers were still without power. By 3 p.m. Sunday, that number decreased to 403. And by 7 a.m. Monday, that figure dwindled to 109 with communities in La Jolla and Castle Creek impacted.
"Our crews are working as quickly and as safely as possible to restore power to neighborhoods affected by today's unplanned outages. While our troubleshooters are assessing the cause of each outage, initial reports are showing that heat can be a factor," SDG&E wrote in a statement Saturday night.
The outages occurred during Saturday's statewide Flex Alert, which the California Independent System Operator issued to avoid straining the electric grid from high demand and causing involuntary blackouts.
In the meantime, customers could check the SDG&E's map of unplanned outages, SDG&E said.
Map of SDG&E Power Outages in San Diego County
