City of Los Angeles Watch: Power Outage Caused by ERROR Not Terror

KNBC Television reports DWP: Workers Trigger Outage By Connecting Wrong Wires.

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power officials said an outage Monday afternoon was linked to human error at a receiving station.

Power officials reported outages from the San Fernando Valley to downtown Los Angeles. Workers connected the wrong wires, causing a surge of power that led to shutdowns at three power generating stations, according to officials.

Receiving stations take high-voltage power from generating stations and convert it to lower voltage. It can then be used throughout the city.

Ron Deaton, general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, said the system is designed to shut down when it receives too much power.

“They connected it to another line that was not expecting that much electricity,” said Deaton.

Power to DWP customers went out at about 1 p.m.

The cable has been rewired, according to authorities. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said that power was restored to 90 percent of Los Angeles customers within two hours of the outage.

Authorities said power will be restored to all areas by Monday night.

Oh OK!

Well, better than a terrorist act.