The LA Almanac reports Downtown LA has had more than 11 inches of rain in January through mid-February. During this wet season, LADWP crews have been out in force responding to power outages caused by downed power lines and falling palm fronds. As always, our goal is restore power as quickly and as safely as possible to our customers.
During the big rainstorm on February 2-5, 2019, outages affected 71,756 customers. We deployed 55 crews per day and power was restored to 93.1% of affected customers within 24 hours, with 24/7 customer service provided throughout the event. At its peak, the storm related outages affected 10,506 of out 1.5 million customers. Primary neighborhoods affected were Los Angeles, Mid-Wilshire, Venice, North Hollywood, Westlake, Hollywood Hills West, San Pedro, Broadway-Manchester, Glassell Park and Pacific Palisades.