LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s primary power grid manager approved plans Wednesday aimed at averting a repeat of the blackouts that rolled across parts of the state in August during a punishing heat wave.
who will likely face a recall election later this year. In 2003, former Democratic Gov. Gray Davis was removed from office in a recall election largely driven by his handling of rolling blackouts, which were prompted by the deregulation of the energy sector and market manipulation by Enron and...
Even Without Rolling Blackouts, California Crisis Rolls Into Second Year. (cover story)Reports the energy crisis for the year 2001 in California. Decrease of energy consumption and peak demand in July 2001; Effort of consumers to administer conservation measures; Threat of the package proposed by ...
(TheGolden State: The Golden Flower, California) August’s blackouts have many causes, including poor planning, an unexpected lack of capacity and sweltering heat in not just California but nearby state from which it sometimes imports power. Long before the outages, however,electricity operators wer...
US President Joe Biden spoke to California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, and pledged to provide federal aid to areas hard hit by the Pacific storm pummeling the state, the White House said. Intense ra...
by Julia Pierrepont III LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- California finds itself trapped between dangers from both sides: the threat of more wildfires from overheating equipment on the one hand or private lives imperiled and businesses hemorrhaging profits on the other from blackouts. ...
The projected shortage could be up to 17 hundred megawatts which is equivalent to a major power plant. Leaders say to prepare they're procuring more energy, increasing battery storage, and have installed new generators. "Can we expect blackouts? No. But again, we don't know what...
Rolling blackouts “are a possibility but not an inevitability” during the current heat wave, said Elliot Mainzer, president and CEO of the California Independent System Operator. Cooling centers were being opened across the state and officials encouraged people to seek comfort at pu...
Mark Rothleder, senior vice president for the system operator, said the state would be more likely to experience blackouts again this year if the entire West has a heat wave at the same time. That would hinder California's ability to buy excess power from other states. Wildfires could also...
The White House’s rolling federal job cuts and widespread information blackouts have set skilled nursing stakeholders on edge as they worry about upcoming regulatory and funding challenges. PDPM RESOURCES CAHF'S STAFF RATIO TOOLKIT Education