WEATHER ALERT
California governor demands probe of power blackouts
Read full article: California governor demands probe of power blackoutsThe governor warned that customers could again lose power as early as 3 p.m. Monday as spiking temperatures strain the state's power grid. The situation we are in could have been avoided.The state Public Utilities Commission did not respond immediately to a request for comment. The ISO instituted a second, but shorter, rolling outage Saturday evening that cut power to more than 200,000 customers. The last time a California governor faced power outages, he was successfully recalled. California also still faces the threat of power outages to prevent wildfires.
New rolling blackout hits at least 200,000 customers
Read full article: New rolling blackout hits at least 200,000 customersThe move Saturday night comes as a heat wave baking California in triple-digit temperatures continued to strain the electrical system. The California Independent System Operator (California ISO), which manages the power grid, declared a need for the rolling power outage at 6:30 p.m. California ISO ordered the first rolling outages in nearly 20 years on Friday when it directed utilities around the state to shed their power loads. The district said the outage began around 5 p.m. Friday, more than an hour before the rolling outages occurred, and sewage began to spill early Saturday. The last time the state ordered rolling outages was during an energy crisis in 2001.