Lake Williams, CA -- Bear Valley Electric crews were quick to respond to yesterday’s power outage in Lake Williams, which was prompted by a dumptruck carrying large boulders snagging an electrical line and pulling down a power pole off Forest Service road 2N12, just south of Erwin Lake. The outage occurred just before 4pm and, at that time, Bear … [Read more...]
Bear Valley Electric Crews Restore Power to Lake Williams Area–and Ahead of Estimated Schedule
Posted on 05/26/2010 Written by
Bear Valley Electric Crew Working to Restore Power to Lake Williams; Dumptruck Knocks Out Power Line Tuesday Afternoon
Posted on 05/25/2010 Written by
Lake Williams/Erwin Lake, CA -- The Lake Williams area is currently without power, due to a construction incident taking place just before 4pm today (Tuesday, May 25). Per John Dykesten, Operations Supervisor for Bear Valley Electric Service, a dumptruck dumping large rocks (perhaps from the Big Bear dam site) onto Forest Service road 2N12 just … [Read more...]
Need Help Paying Utility Bills? Bear Valley Electric Offers HEAP Application Workshops on May 10
Posted on 05/05/2010 Written by
Big Bear Valley, CA -- Bear Valley Electric Service is once again offering HEAP application processing, with the next round scheduled for Monday, May 10, so families and individuals who could use financial assistance with utility bills can start readying the paperwork. Starting Monday morning, May 10 at 9am, applications for HEAP, which stands for … [Read more...]
Big Bear Offers Many Opportunities to Enjoy Earth Day, Which Celebrates 41 Years on April 22
Posted on 04/20/2010 Written by
Big Bear Valley, CA -- This Thursday, April 22 marks Earth Day, which has been celebrated in support of the environment since 1970. Should you be looking for ways to establish—or renew—your commitment to do your part this Earth Day, you can choose to reuse shopping bags, take a moment to pick up litter ’round the lakeshore or in your … [Read more...]
HEAP Application Processing Offered During Bear Valley Electric’s April 22 Earth Day Event
Posted on 04/12/2010 Written by
Big Bear Lake, CA -- Families and individuals who could use financial assistance with utility bills can start readying the paperwork, as Bear Valley Electric Service will be hosting HEAP application processing next week. Starting next Thursday morning, April 22 at 9am, applications for HEAP, which stands for the Home Energy Assistance Program, will … [Read more...]
Strong Winds and Edison Line Result in Power Dimming for Bear Valley Electric Customers
Posted on 04/05/2010 Written by
Big Bear Valley, CA -- Since about 8pm last night, Easter Sunday, Big Bear Valley residents may have experienced dimming in their lights and other electric-powered items. Ken Markling, Operations Manager for Bear Valley Electric Service, says that we can blame this on the wind, which is affecting electric lines of Southern California Edison in the … [Read more...]
Harry Scarborough Assumes Top Position for Bear Valley Electric Service
Posted on 02/09/2010 Written by
Big Bear Lake, CA -- The entire staff of Bear Valley Electric Service turned out and worked a lot of overtime on Harry Scarborough’s first day on the job at BVES. But it wasn’t because they were trying to please the new boss, according to their press release--Scarborough is the new BVES Director, who chose his start date as January 25, the same … [Read more...]
Eleven Days and Five Feet of Snow Later, All Known Electric Outages Restored by Bear Valley Electric Service, Assisted by Mutual Aid Crews
Posted on 01/29/2010 Written by
The work load has been non-stop for the crews of Bear Valley Electric, who have been addressing downed power poles (since five of them were sheared in strong winds on Monday, January 18), electric outages, heavy snow and tree limbs on power lines, and riser repair reconnects for 11 days but, per Operations Manager Ken Markling today, “We are in … [Read more...]
Electric Service to Be Completely Restored to the Big Bear Valley
Posted on 01/27/2010 Written by
According to Ken Markling of Bear Valley Electric, every known problem should be resolved by midnight tonight or tomorrow morning at the latest. That includes all of the small area power outages that remain as well as downed power lines. Again, it’s important to note that there most likely are problems that exist that are undiscovered at this … [Read more...]
Bear Valley Electric Continues to Power Through on Outage Repair; Additional Crews Coming to Big Bear
Posted on 01/26/2010 Written by
Bear Valley Electric crews continue to power through and make progress on electric outages in the Big Bear Valley. According to Operations Supervisor John Dykesten this afternoon [January 26], “We’re making steady progress, and almost got most of our major outages restored.” Among those service areas to be restored since Monday are the … [Read more...]
