Power Consumption Threatens Blackouts

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California’s electrical grid perched on a razor’s edge today as people returned to offices and stores that needed to be cooled down after being closed over the hot weekend, the Los Angeles Times reports.


The California Independent System Operator predicted yet another record high for afternoon peak demand: 52,336 megawatts.


That was just a few hundred megawatts under the system’s net capacity of 53,000 megawatts, after subtracting 2,000 megawatts of power plant production expected to be idled for repairs. (A megawatt is enough power to run about 750 homes in Southern California.)


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