A scheduled Southern California Edison maintenance outage in Palm Desert planned for the Tuesday evening was pushed back by a month, with customers in the area voicing concern about temporarily living without power amid continued extreme heat.
The outage had been planned for 10 p.m. Tuesday until 7 a.m. Wednesday, but the utility opted to reschedule the work until 10 p.m. Aug. 9, continuing through 7 a.m. the following day. The outage will be in the area of Fred Waring and Fairhaven drives, affecting 878 customers, according to the agency’s website.
According to SCE, the agency will re-evaluate the scheduled outage times when the date gets closer.