Two separate electrical outages left more than 300 Miracle Mile customers without power for up to 18 hours on June 12-13.

Sylvia Beltran, public affairs representative for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, said an underground cable failed between 3:30 and 4 p.m. on June 12, a few hours before scheduled maintenance was to begin. Some customers had their power restored in the overnight hours, Beltran said, but others had to wait because a steel plate belonging to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority was blocking the LADWP’s access to some circuits.

Early on June 13, Metro removed the plate near Wilshire Boulevard and Orange Grove Avenue, and electricity was restored by 9:30 a.m., Beltran said.

“As soon as they lifted that steel plate, we were able to access that circuit and get that power transferred to another circuit,” Beltran said.

Beltran said the two separate incidents compounded the situation, but LADWP employees began working on the situation as soon as the outages were reported.

“We apologize to our customers, and they need to know we’re doing everything we can to keep their power up and running,” Beltran said.