From the San Francisco Chronicle:
Rolling blackouts hit up to 250,000 PG&E customers as ‘heat storm’ drives up energy use
California’s energy-grid operator imposed rolling blackouts Friday evening for the first time in 19 years.
With the rare move, the California Independent System Operator sought to preserve the stability of the system that provides power for tens of millions of residents and businesses. The last time grid managers implemented this kind of power cut was in 2001, when the state was in the throes of an electricity crisis.
The effect was felt promptly in Northern California, as Pacific Gas and Electric Co. began shutting off power to large blocks of customers for up to an hour at a time. In a news release, the utility said that each rotating block of blackouts could affect up to 250,000 customers.
Geee - if they only had a cheap and reliable source of baseload energy. Nuclear? Naaaaaaa...
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