Bakersfield residents endure prolonged outage during triple-digit heat

Bakersfield residents endure prolonged outage during triple-digit heat

Some Bakersfield residents spent more than 24 hours without electricity this week after a pair of equipment failures caused an extended power outage during triple-digit temperatures.According to PG&E, the outage was not caused by the heat itself but by an underground cable failure followed by a second equipment issue that occurred while crews were making repairs.For residents affected by the outage, the loss of power meant more than just an inco…