Kevin Tidmarsh is Weekend Edition's Producer. Kevin started out in audio making an independent history podcast at Pomona College before going on to work for NPR's Morning Edition, KCRW and Stitcher.
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Meanwhile, about 1,800 SoCalEdison customers are without power across the system due to 18 outages as of noon Sunday, which spokesperson Jeff Monford called an"extremely low" number.SCE has also cut off power to 194 customers in Santa Barbara County as a public safety measure due to potential fire weather in the area.On Friday, LADWP's power load was 6,300 megawatts, which almost hit an all-time record.
Quiñones said the outages aren't related to a power generation problem — Quiñones said the utility has enough solar, wind and gas-fired electricity to meet demand — but rather the main issue is that many aspects of the electricity distribution system need upgrading. "We're starting to see a trend of hotter summers and heat waves," Quiñones added."I think that this heat wave has been longer sustained. I'm telling my team we gotta get ready for the new normal. These temperatures are gonna be here every summer.""I think the biggest challenge is just the sheer amount of outages. We have more outages than we have crews," Quiñones said."The equipment is constantly failing, so we're chasing failures.
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