You would think..
Aug. 26th, 2005 09:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
semiotic_piratethat with all the times we've seen southern California with rolling blackouts, they would almost PAY their residents to put solar panels on all the roofs, use the film-like PV on sides of buildings, (including the damned Hollywood Sign) and start investing in wind turbines. *rolls eyes at the stupidity* SUNLIGHT IS POWER!
Pocknuts!
S. California Heat, Line Trouble Mean Rolling Blackouts
Associated Press
Friday, August 26, 2005; Page A09
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25 -- Sweltering late-summer heat and the loss of a key transmission line Thursday forced power officials in Southern California to impose rolling blackouts, leaving as many as half a million people without power for an hour at a time, officials said.
The California Independent System Operator, which operates the state's electric grid, declared a transmission emergency at 3:57 p.m. Pacific time, said ISO spokeswoman Stephanie McCorkle. About 30 minutes later, she said, power was being restored.
The disruption was one of the most serious since the California power crisis in 2000 and 2001, when high demand, high wholesale energy costs, transmission glitches and a tight supply caused widespread problems.
The agency ordered Southern California Edison to reduce its demand, prompting blackouts in areas of Fontana, La Puente, Cathedral City, Huntington Beach, Long Beach and Ontario, Alexander said.
Pocknuts!
S. California Heat, Line Trouble Mean Rolling Blackouts
Associated Press
Friday, August 26, 2005; Page A09
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25 -- Sweltering late-summer heat and the loss of a key transmission line Thursday forced power officials in Southern California to impose rolling blackouts, leaving as many as half a million people without power for an hour at a time, officials said.
The California Independent System Operator, which operates the state's electric grid, declared a transmission emergency at 3:57 p.m. Pacific time, said ISO spokeswoman Stephanie McCorkle. About 30 minutes later, she said, power was being restored.
The disruption was one of the most serious since the California power crisis in 2000 and 2001, when high demand, high wholesale energy costs, transmission glitches and a tight supply caused widespread problems.
The agency ordered Southern California Edison to reduce its demand, prompting blackouts in areas of Fontana, La Puente, Cathedral City, Huntington Beach, Long Beach and Ontario, Alexander said.
