Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Sierra Madre residents press Southern California Edison after string of outages; council seeks detailed reliability briefing
Summary
After weeks of short and prolonged power outages affecting homes — including households with 24/7 oxygen patients — residents told the Sierra Madre City Council they are frustrated by poor communication from Southern California Edison. The utility agreed to return Sept. 23 with a circuit-level reliability briefing and engineering detail.
Sierra Madre residents pressed Southern California Edison on Sept. 9 after repeated outages that in some cases left medically vulnerable neighbors without power.
Why it matters: Council members and residents described repeated short outages and longer interruptions this summer and early September. Several speakers said outages left people who rely on medical oxygen scrambling in the dark; one resident said a family member “will die if she doesn't have her oxygen plugged in.” The city asked Edison for a detailed reliability review and asked for follow-up at the Sept. 23 council meeting.
Edison representative Connie Turner, who said she has worked at the utility for 35 years, told the council she hears residents’ concerns and will return September 23 with engineers and district operations staff.…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
