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Governor Gavin Newsom urges Californians to limit power consumption as 525,000 customers are told to prepare for potential rotating outages - and EV owners told to wait until AFTER 9PM to charge their cars
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Will their power bills be reduced for the inconvenience? - PG&E said on Tuesday evening they had warned 525,000 homes that they could be without power due to the impossible demands on the grid
- A 'flex alert' was in place from 4pm-9pm on Tuesday in California, with residents asked to reduce their energy consumption
- Californians should raise the thermostat to 78 degrees or higher; turn off unnecessary lights; and avoid using appliances and charging electric vehicles
- The power grid in California is struggling to cope with soaring demand for air conditioning
- On Tuesday afternoon PGE was bracing for 'a new historic all-time high for the grid', which would force them to cut power supplies
- As of Tuesday afternoon, almost 7,000 people were without power, with the Bay Area hardest-hit, and temperatures in Sacramento reaching 111F
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-09-07 |
