Good to see our city council is looking at solving some of the issues with traffic lights going out (significant number of traffic accidents, many with injuries, due to power outages the last few months -- wildfire risk shutdowns)
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Just got back the generator I loaned out to an old Scouting friend, due to two weeks of PSPS shutdowns in the neighborhood. They're going to go try to put together their own battery system, so don't have any interesting in buying it or keeping it.
(Loud enough to wake the dead and attract zombies)
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Our local paper talks about how much of a hit the shutdowns have been to local businesses. (I mean, better than your town being razed by fire... but seriously). https://www.toacorn.com/articles/businesses-big-and-small-take-huge-psps-hit/ #SCE #PSPS
Thousand Oaks Acorn - · Businesses big and small take huge PSPS hitThough the majority of the Ventura County community remained safe amidst the January wildfires that devastated parts of Southern California, local businesses are still hurting. In a single day in January, nearly 45,000 Southern California Edison customers in the county were without electricity due to public safety power shutoffs—one of SCE’s efforts to prevent its infrastructure from igniting fires during <a href="https://www.toacorn.com/articles/businesses-big-and-small-take-huge-psps-hit/">[…]</a>
<insert Mac startup chords>
(Power restored to my neighborhood after PSPS shutdown).
Current snapshot of power outages in Ventura/Western LA County per SCE 1/23/25 1336 #PSPS #SCE #PowerOutages #FireWx
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Power Safety Shutoffs Being Considered
Of SCE’s 5 million customers:
292,059
Kern County
5,340 customers
Los Angeles County
39,026 customers
Orange County
11,897 customers
Riverside County
132,256 customers
San Bernardino County
46,604 customers
Ventura County
56,936 customers
#PSPS #SCE #PowerOutages
1/23/25 1306
SCE 1/23/24 1305
Current Public Safety Power Shutoffs
Of SCE’s 5 million customers:
101,801
Kern County
8 customers
Los Angeles County
19,492 customers
Orange County
1,461 customers
Riverside County
33,883 customers
San Bernardino County
25,965 customers
Ventura County
20,992 customers
Many amateur radio operators reporting power outages across Thousand Oaks/Newbury Park 1/21/25 0903. #PSPS #FireWx #PowerOutages #SCE
Current PSPS status from SCE 1/20/25 1531 13,429 customers off, 253,621 customers warned
https://www.sce.com/outage-center/outage-information/psps
#PSPS #FireWx #wildfires #CAwx #SCE
Ventura County PSPS satus as of 01/20/25 1309
- 1 deenergized
- 10 imminent
- 30 monitored circuits
- 1597 customers without power
https://vcoes.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/e15ca0d2737d43cea6514043e61f1a7c
#VenturaCounty #FireWx #PSPS #wildfires #CAwx
Current PSPS shutoff per Ventura County Sheriff Emergency Services - Incident Dashboard
No active PSPS shutoffs
1 imminent (ENERGY circuit - Simi)
63,965 customer potentially impacted by event
#PSPS #VenturaCounty #CAwx #wind #FireWx
1/20/25 0844
SCE bumped total that may be affected by the PSPS tomorrow from 174K to 234K. (as of 1/19/24 2101)
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More details:
Ventura County Fire Department Upstaffing
The Ventura County Fire Department will be in a PLAN 2 BRUSH beginning 8:00 AM Monday through 8:00 AM Thursday, or until for conclusion of the event. This PLAN 2 BRUSH staffing pattern will be bolstered with additional firefighting resources.
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Love letter from SCE (Southern California Edison)
Unsurprised by this, this is why there is a LiFePo4 battery charging in front of my house right now, LOL.
(Power outages, fortunately, can be managed, better than fires... which are not so easy in wind, as we have all seen).
Let's learn ASL!
(by watching another Public Safety Power Shutoff notice from SCE).
More high winds and possible Southern California Edison (SCE) outages are coming. The US National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard has posted a fire weather watch through Thursday at 10 pm. Also, a red flag warning is in effect through Tuesday at 10 pm.
SCE has advised that around 28,000 Thousand Oaks customers could see power outages due to PSPS events. SCE says the outage window is between 6 am Monday and 3 pm Wednesday. Affected circuits are shown in the blue areas of the second map. (1/3)
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SCE tentatively has committed to reopening a Customer Service Center in the lobby of the Best Western Plus Thousand Oaks Inn 8 am-10 pm Monday-Friday with staff and chargers available. The address is 75 W. Thousand Oaks Blvd. Edison has more information about PSPS events at sce.com/psps.
Depending on the length of the outages, some city traffic lights could go dark after exhausting their battery backups. Treat any intersection with a non-functioning traffic light as an all-way stop. (2/3)
I guess I'm brewing extra coffee for tomorrow morning, assuming SCE gets happy with the power shutoffs early. (yes, better they shut off power than light off a fire that turns this county into smoking ruins, yes.) #PSPS #FireWx #wildfires #CAwx #SCE #VenturaCounty
San Diego also has PSPS (Public Safety Power Shutoff) warnings as of 1/19/2025.
