Southern California blackout led to shutdown of two reactors at San Onofre nuclear power plant

September 9, 2011 by legitgov

Southern California blackout led to shutdown of two reactors at San Onofre nuclear power plant --1.4 million without power --The city of San Diego has set up its emergency operations center. 08 Sep 2011 More than 1.4 million customers lost power during a blackout in the San Diego area, and utility officials said power might not be fully restored until Friday. San Diego Gas and Electric said the outage appears to have originated in Arizona and that the agency is working with California power officials to bring the power back. Officials said the outages extended across Southern California and into Arizona and Baja California.