Heat waves across the US West are already straining electricity supplies
Already, power grids across the West and South are under strain this week amid a heat wave that has caused a surge in electricity demand, the first of several expected this summer.
Grid operators in both Texas and California have called on people to conserve power by reducing reliance on air conditioning, among other things, to avoid the need for rolling blackouts to bring demand in line +with supply.
18 June 2021
https://www.wsj.com/articles/west-risks-blackouts-as-hydroelectric-power-dries-up-11624008601
PG&E, which serves 16 million people in Northern and Central California, has relied heavily on what are known as public safety power shut-offs in recent years, after its power lines sparked a series of wildfires in 2017 and 2018 that killed more than 100 people.
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