Tens of thousands of customers across Southern California should prepare to lose power Monday or Tuesday as Southern California Edison plans to make preemptive cutoffs as “extreme” fire weather returns. More than 10,000 Southern California Edison customers remained without power Saturday morning, Jan. 18 as the utility scrambled to fix equipment damaged by the recent high winds. Although the utility has no ongoing public safety outages on Saturday, SCE is considering shutoffs early next week to communities across Southern California that — if enacted — could affect about 40,000 customers in San Bernardino County, 18,000 customers in Riverside County, 13,000 customers in Los Angeles County and 5,000 customers in Orange County. “We have notified customers that may be under consideration for a public safety power shutoff for a period of time Monday or Tuesday depending on how the wind develops,” said SCE spokesperson Gabriela Ornelas. Santa Ana winds and “extreme” fire conditions are forecast for those days and beyond in fire-torn Los Angeles County and across Southern California, meteorologists say. “A strong and dry Santa Ana event with extreme fire weather conditions is increasingly likely,” the National Weather Service said in a statement on Saturday, Jan. 18. “This event may be considerably stronger for many areas than the event that we experienced this past Monday through Wednesday.” SCE customers can search by address to check if a scheduled public safety outage could affect them: sce.com/outage-center/check-outage-status. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | How to prepare for the next Santa Ana wind event forecasted this week Crime and Public Safety | Another round of ‘extreme’ Santa Ana winds raises fire danger for already reeling LA region Crime and Public Safety | Donald Trump will ‘probably’ visit LA wildfire areas, president-elect says Crime and Public Safety | Newsom strikes deal with major lenders to provide mortgage relief during wildfire crisis Crime and Public Safety | Pacific Palisades evacuation order came after homes were already burning, AP finds