Californians are urged to conserve energy for the eighth straight day as the state’s grid operator expects more strain on the energy grid and possible rotating outages on Wednesday. Despite record demand on Tuesday, California was able to narrowly avoid rotating blackouts. California’s Office of Emergency Services sent an emergency alert to people’s phones shortly before 6 p.m. There was a noticeable drop in power demand shortly after this alert. . Look below. As the heat wave continues through the week, another call for energy conservation today aims to reduce the risk of potential rotating blackouts. In the event that the national grid operator orders continued blackouts, you can check below to see if your home will be affected. How to Check for PG&E Rolling Outages Across California In preparation, PG&E said it notified about 525,277 customers to prepare for rotating outages tonight. The utility released a search map that allows customers to search and see if their home would be affected. Click here to search by address. How to Search SMUD’s Rotating Outage Map The Sacramento Municipal District is also preparing for possible outages. Click here to search by address. Monitor statewide power outages You can also track outages across California with this map below which uses data from the California Office of Emergency Services. App users, click here. The California network operator said miscommunication led to power outages. cause much larger bearing failures. Confusion arose Tuesday afternoon between several Northern California utilities and the California Independent System Operator as the grid was dangerously close to running out of power amid record temperatures, said Elliot Mainzer, president and chief from Cal-ISO management. “That certainly concerns me,” Mainzer said, adding that he was reviewing what happened and how many customers were affected. “A lot happened on the grid for everyone last night. And so we’re going to double down on communication to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Previous record of 50,270 megawatts set on July 24, 2006. Watch here Below | When you can see some triple-digit heat relief in Northern California, California is on its eighth straight day of being asked to conserve energyCal ISO issues what it calls Flex Alerts as a voluntary appeal to Californians to reduce energy. These are usually done on the hottest days when energy consumption is expected to increase. On Monday, energy consumption almost exceeded the actual supply, which has triggered an Energy Emergency Alert 2, which is one step away from Cal ISO indicating that power outages are imminent. On Tuesday, another EEA 2 was issued from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., and this alert was raised to one EEA 3 at 5:30 p.m. What you p Do something to save energy Set the thermostat to 78 degrees or higher, health permitting Avoid using large appliances Turn off unnecessary lights Use fans for cooling Unplug unused items| VIDEO BELOW | What is a “heated dome?” » | RELATED | Why put a quart on a frozen cup of water before you lose power and more tips for when it breaks down
Californians are urged to conserve energy for the eighth straight day as the state’s grid operator expects more strain on the energy grid and possible rotating outages on Wednesday.
Despite record demand on Tuesday, California was able to narrowly avoid rotating blackouts. The California Office of Emergency Services sent an emergency alert to people’s phones shortly before 6 p.m.
There was a noticeable drop in power demand shortly after this alert.
Cal OES Deputy Director Brian Ferguson spoke with KCRA 3 reporter Melanie Wingo about strategy for using the alert. Look below.
As the heat wave continues through the week, another call for energy conservation today aims to reduce the risk of potential rotating blackouts.
In the event that the national grid operator orders continued blackouts, you can check below to see if your home will be affected.
How to Check PG&E Rotating Pans Across California
In preparation, PG&E said it has notified approximately 525,277 customers to prepare for rotating outages tonight. The utility released a search map that allows customers to search and see if their home would be affected. Click here to search by address.
How to find the SMUD map of rotating failures
The Sacramento Municipal District is also preparing for possible outages. Click here to search by addresss.
Monitor statewide power outages
You can also track outages across California with this map below which uses data from the California Office of Emergency Services. App users, click here.
California grid operator says miscommunication led to power outages
Miscommunication led utilities to mistakenly shut off power to customers in several California cities during an unprecedented demand for energy supplies, the state’s power grid operators admitted on Wednesday while warning that continued extreme heat could lead to much larger bearing failures.
Confusion arose Tuesday afternoon between several Northern California utilities and California’s independent system operator as the grid came dangerously close to running out of power amid record high temperatures, Elliot Mainzer said, President and CEO of Cal-ISO.
“That certainly concerns me,” Mainzer said, adding that he was reviewing what happened and how many customers were affected. “A lot happened on the grid for everyone last night. And so we’re going to double down on communication to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
With record power demand across the West, California hit its all-time high for power consumption around 5 p.m. with 52,061 megawatts, well above the previous record of 50,270 megawatts set on July 24, 2006.
Watch below | When you can see some triple-digit heat relief in Northern California
California is on its 8th straight day of applying for energy conservation
Cal ISO issues what it calls Flex Alerts as a voluntary appeal to Californians to reduce their energy use. These are usually done on the hottest days when power consumption is expected to increase. On Monday, energy consumption nearly exceeded actual supply, triggering Energy Emergency Alert 2, which is one step away from Cal ISO indicating power outages are imminent.
On Tuesday, another EEA 2 was issued from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., and this alert was raised to EEA 3 at 5:30 p.m.
What you can do to save energy
- Set the thermostat to 78 degrees or higher, if health permits
- Avoid using major appliances
- Turn off unnecessary lights
- Use fans for cooling
- Unplug unused items
| VIDEO BELOW | What is a “heated dome?” »
| RELATED | Why put a quart on a frozen cup of water before you lose power and more tips for when it breaks down