Power Outages Possible In California As Heat Wave Strains Power Grid
Click the arrow below for more coverage of California’s dangerous heat wave. Develop all Struggling to prevent rolling blackouts On Labor afternoon, managers of California’s beleaguered power grid declared an energy emergency Monday and warned that Californians may need to double or triple their energy-saving efforts to prevent turning off the lights. The Independent System Operator, which runs the power grid, declared a stage 1 emergency alert, a sign that supplies were getting tighter as temperatures topped 100 degrees....