California Pleads for More Power Supply to Meet Summer Needs
- State using ‘all available tools’ keep its electricity flowing
- Grid challenges mount after August heat forced rolling outages
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California made an urgent request for additional power supplies to avoid blackouts this summer, an extraordinary step after suffering from rolling outages less than a year ago.
State energy officials asked the California Independent System Operator, which runs most of the grid, to contract for additional power capacity for July and August on concern it won’t be able to meet demand during the evening when solar production fades, according to a joint statement Thursday from grid, utility and energy agencies. They didn’t say how much more power is needed.