by Adolfo Flores
Pasadena Sun
A report commissioned by Southern California Edison and released Wednesday found the utility could have handled last fall's major windstorm more quickly and determined the utility must be more prepared for major storms.
On Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 windstorms reaching hurricane force whipped through the San Gabriel Valley, downing power poles and causing outages that in some cases lasted more than a week. The outage is the subject of an on-going California Public Utilities Commission probe, which could result in fines or penalties for Edison.
Wednesday's report by Davies Consulting said Edison could’ve shortened restoration time by at least one day and up to two days by preparing better on "blue sky days." It also commended the power company for preventing injuries to workers or customers.
