A power outage in northern Valencia near Tesoro Del Valle Elementary School was caused by a vehicle hitting Edison equipment, impacting over 3,000 customers on Friday afternoon, according to officials with Southern California Edison.
The power outage was reported at approximately 2:15 p.m. and 3,297 customers were impacted, said Reggie Kumar, senior advisor of media relations for the utility, during initial reports.
Crews were able to restore power to almost all customers by 3:15 p.m. Friday, but there are 108 customers still without power as of the updated publication of this story, said David Eisenhauer, a media representative for the utility. He could not provide information on where the customers affected were located but did say power for them was expected to be restored by 9 p.m.
California Southern Edison technicians were working hard to restore power for the remaining customers affected amid the current heat and the necessity of air conditioning, he added.
The outage was caused by a vehicle that hit Edison equipment, he added, but could not provide information on where the initial incident occurred.
For updates on outages, visit www.sce.com/outage-center/check-outage-status.
