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Big blackout hits US, Mexico
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September 10, 2011, Saturday
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ELECTRICITY was restored in San Diego early yesterday after utility crews worked around-the-clock to make emergency repairs following an outage accidentally triggered by a utility worker.
Parts of California, Arizona and Mexico were left in the dark.
The restoration of power in San Diego signaled that the blackout was essentially over, with electricity back to almost everyone affected by the outage, though the electrical system was deemed fragile and people were urged to go easy on air conditioning. San Diego schools and beaches remained closed.
The San Diego area was hit especially hard with power severed about 4pm on Thursday to all of San Diego Gas & Electric Co's 1.4 million household and business customers, the company said, leaving residents sweltering without air conditioners and paralyzing some San Diego freeway and airport traffic.
According to tallies provided by officials, power was also restored to 180,000 customers in Mexico and 56,000 in Yuma, Arizona. The entire region is home to some 6 million people, though it was impossible to say exactly how many had lost power.
The outage occurred after an electrical worker removed a piece of monitoring equipment at a power substation in southwest Arizona, officials at Phoenix-based Arizona Public Service Co said.
Extreme heat also may have caused some problems with the transmission lines, said a San Diego Gas & Electric Co executive.
Parts of California, Arizona and Mexico were left in the dark.
The restoration of power in San Diego signaled that the blackout was essentially over, with electricity back to almost everyone affected by the outage, though the electrical system was deemed fragile and people were urged to go easy on air conditioning. San Diego schools and beaches remained closed.
The San Diego area was hit especially hard with power severed about 4pm on Thursday to all of San Diego Gas & Electric Co's 1.4 million household and business customers, the company said, leaving residents sweltering without air conditioners and paralyzing some San Diego freeway and airport traffic.
According to tallies provided by officials, power was also restored to 180,000 customers in Mexico and 56,000 in Yuma, Arizona. The entire region is home to some 6 million people, though it was impossible to say exactly how many had lost power.
The outage occurred after an electrical worker removed a piece of monitoring equipment at a power substation in southwest Arizona, officials at Phoenix-based Arizona Public Service Co said.
Extreme heat also may have caused some problems with the transmission lines, said a San Diego Gas & Electric Co executive.
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