BAKER, CA. (Pain In The Pass) >> Drivers planning to travel on Interstate 15 between Southern California to Las Vegas on Wednesday night, May 29, until Thursday late morning should be aware there will be planned power outages that will impact a 90-mile stretch of the freeway before the town of Baker, California to Primm Nevada.
According to Southern California Edison the outage will impact the community of Baker and the freeway. The outage will occur both evenings starting at 10pm and last until 10am the following morning.
The outage will span 90 miles from Rasor Road to Halloran Summit Road on I-15, along with portions of Highway 127 in Baker.
“During the outage periods, services such as food establishments, gas stations, and electric vehicles charging ports around Baker will not be available. Travelers are strongly urged to plan their journeys accordingly, considering the limited amenities during this time,” the news release stated.
There will be signs alerting drivers of the planned outage via overhead signage on I-15 northbound towards the town of Yermo, and southbound toward Stateline.
The planned power outages are being done so Southern California Edison can conduct reliability upgrades on the system.
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