Schools are in full swing celebrating the graduation season, but Southern California Edison is telling people to not turn the celebration into a blast—with metallic balloon-caused power outages.
Over the past five years, May and June—the graduation months—have statistically made up almost a third of foil balloon outages each year, according to the utility company. It was reported that 1.6 million customers of Edison were affected in 2021 alone and lost over 480 hours of power.
