by Bill Kisliuk
Pasadena Sun
Joining the chorus of government officials and agencies concerned over the slow response to the power outage in the San Gabriel Valley, the California Public Utilities Commission is opening a probe of Southern California Edison’s work in the aftermath of heavy wind storms that downed power lines and trees last week.
"Our enforcement staff is looking into why the outages occurred and why it is taking so long for power to be restored," Plan Clanon, the commission’s executive director, said in a statement. "We will determine whether [Southern California Edison] met all safety requirements and did all it could to prevent outages, and that it is now doing all it can to restore power and communicate with its customers. If we determine that SCE has violated safety rules, it may face fines and penalties."
