TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
David N. Carmany, City Manager
FROM:
Vince Mastrosimone, Interim Director of Public Works
SUBJECT:Title
Report on the Level of Service Provided By Southern California Edison (SCE) and the Options Available to the City to Affect Service Level Improvements.
DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
It is respectfully recommended that the City Council consider and discuss the information herein; provide staff with direction as appropriate, and; receive and file this report.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with this item.
BACKGROUND:
The residents and businesses in the City of Manhattan Beach are subject to numerous service disruptions related to the electrical service provided by Southern California Edison (SCE). Some of these are planned outages in order to make equipment repairs while most are unplanned outages caused by various factors. In any case, the service reliability provided by SCE to the Manhattan Beach community is unacceptable.
DISCUSSION:
Over the last few years, it seems as though the reliability of the SCE service to the City of Manhattan Beach has declined from what it was in the past and declined below the community standard for acceptable service. While outages may be planned or unplanned, when they occur they are an inconvenience to residents and impact many businesses and municipal services.
Residents may be affected by food spoilage, not being able to prepare meals, medical devices becoming inoperable or school children not having light by which to study or access to computers. For businesses, outages result in lost revenue and loss of the ability to service their customer base. Restaurants may be forced to close. For municipal services, personnel may need to be dispatched to direct traffic, respond to secu...
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