Transmitting lines were severed, causing power outage Officials were unable to say when power would be restored. More than 1.4 million San Diego Gas & Electric customers wre without power, with millions of people affected by the outage. All other service providers around the state have power. The California Independent System Operator is helping to bring power back on, an SDG&E official said. "We expect power to be out well into the night and into tomorrow in some areas," a spokesman for the utility said shortly before 5 p.m. A transmitter line between Arizona and California was severed, causing both...