Power lost to as many as 90,000 SDG&E customers

SAN DIEGO - Some sort of fluctuation in the statewide power grid resulted in an order to San Diego's electric utility to reduce power consumption, and up to 90,000 San Diego Gas & Electric customer accounts lost power at about 1:20 p.m. today.

The utility said on its Twitter feed that it had been ordered to ``shed load'' by the statewide power authority, and reduce demand for power by 150 megawatts.

Officials at the California Independent Systems Organization near Sacramento said they were aware of the SDGE report, But they were still assessing the situation, and told City News Service they we...