SCE Conducts Routine Power Outage on October 3

Affecting 24 Customers

DUARTE, CA, September 27, 2011 - Some 22 homes and two businesses in Duarte will be without electrical power for approximately 7 hours between 8:00 am and 3:00 p.m. on Monday, October 3rd due to a planned power outage by Southern California Edison.

SCE notified city officials and mailed notices to every affected household and business of the intended shutdown.  Edison describes boundaries for the planned outage to include Fish Canyon Road east of Mountaincrest Road.  This outage will allow Edison to upgrade aging infrastructure, make needed improvements, and complete other repairs in an area where unplanned outages have occurred.

To prepare for the planned outage, SCE advises customers to shut off or disconnect all sensitive electronic equipment, such as computers and fax machines, before the outage begins. Notify security and/or phone companies that provide businesses with service as the outage will affect alarm systems and may affect private phone systems. Customers should make sure that they could override or manually operate their security gates or garage doors. Plan to minimize the opening of refrigerator and freezer doors during the outage to maintain temperature.  If customers plan to operate an emergency generator, notify SCE before the outage so SCE can protect its employees from possible electrical back feed. To notify SCE of a generator, call 1-(800) 990-7788.

For more information and current status on a planned outage, visit www.sce.com/outage or call 1-(800) 611-1911 and reference Planned Outage #473910.