Heat prompts power emergency in Calif.
 

"SAN FRANCISCO - Power companies worked to restore electricity to thousands of customers throughout California early Monday as a scorching heat wave threatened to push the state into a power emergency with the potential for more blackouts.

Authorities were looking into several deaths possibly related to the high temperatures, which hit the triple digits in some areas on Sunday.

With temperatures again expected to top 100 degrees, power demand was projected to reach an all-time high Monday and prompt some voluntary blackouts, in which some businesses agree to have their power shut off temporarily in exchange for lower rates, according to the Independent System Operator, California's power grid manager.

Those blackouts could become involuntary if customers don't conserve electricity, said ISO spokesman Gregg Fishman."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060724/...e_us/heat_wave

Welcome back to California...... I recently moved back after five years in Arizona. Power didn't go off in AZ once. Move to California and yesterday it went off twice yesterday - short outages, but long enough to shut down my home computer network.

I don't get it, it has been 100F here constantly and we never have blackouts

what is it about california that causes blackouts when it gets hot?

population density.

I know people who get their houses down to 65 degrees to be comfortable. I think air conditioners should cool the house down, not make it an ice box.

thats shitty