Let there be light

Many of you may very well have a received a notice in the last few days informing you of scheduled power outages on Tuesday, Jan. 20.

That's because Southern California Edison had planned for 37 outages that day in its 50,000-square mile territory, which includes the San Gabriel Valley.

But oh, wait, it's Inauguration Day.

Oops.

Edison spokesman Steve Conroy said the Rosemead-based power company will now be deferring all of those outages to a later date, unless they are related to public safety or a customer wants the service completed.

"(We did this) because of the inauguration and the historic nature of the inauguration associated with our next president," Conroy said.

I've talked to a few SGV residents already, who received notices saying their power would have been out from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. They were pretty upset, considering television networks will be covering most of the inaugural activities all day long.

Guess they won't have to worry anymore.