SCE Power May Be Back Tuesday*
Written by 991KBU on November 26, 2018
Asterisk: that Tuesday estimate is a wild, unofficial guess.
About 25-hundred homes remain blacked out this morning.
Work is nearly finished rebuilding the key electricity transmission line between the California power grid … and western Malibu.
Line crews tell KBUU News they expect the Gallahad circuit … serving western Malibu … to be lit up Tuesday morning.
The Gallahad supply line has been down for 18 days … four miles of power lines coming in over steep canyons from near Latigo Canyon Road …. over Escondido and Ramirez canyons … and down the ridge west of Kanan Dume Road.
Lucky homes in Malibu West … Trancas Canyon and near Broad Beach have been getting electricity from a fleet of generators … rented by Southern California Edison … for 10 days.
Others … for one reason or another … have been left on their own.
As of last night … 2,562 customer accounts in Edison service areas were still without power.
All of them … in Malibu or the Santa Monica Mountains.
Once neighborhood power is restored, SCE will install a temporary meter on a temporary pole, with above ground service. (Underground service to a burned house? You will need a qualified electrical contractor.)
In order to get a pole, the house has to have a demolition permit. Also, a rough plan showing property lines, destruction area, etc., and where the pole will go. Rudimentary, it has to show that the pole will be on your property and that SCE can get wires to it safely. Obviously, you need to consult SCE for this.
In order to get a demolition permit, your house has to be checked for hazmat: ammo, paint, lead. In the city, Malibu has brought in OES to do that, it will take a couple of days, and they start tomorrow (Monday). In the county, we are told the fire department has to do that, but we are not sure of that.
You are responsible for installing the temporary pole and meter box. This is very easy. Lots of companies rent them. Google “temporary power pole.” About $1200.
