According to California ISO, a heat wave is causing record-high power demand.


In California, where temperatures are rising,

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the demand for electricity is getting close to records.

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In order to prevent disruptions, the state grid operator increased

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its requests that users use less electricity in the afternoons and evenings.

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"We are facing a load forecast of 48,817 megawatts and energy deficits between 2,000 and 4,000 megawatts for Monday,

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resulting in the highest likelihood of rotating outages we have seen so far this summer,

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" California Independent System Operator (ISO) said in a statement.

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