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Temporary Emergency Power Generators Used for First Time to Support Statewide Energy Grid During Heat Wave
Heat wave expected to get worse as the most vulnerable population copes with high temperatures
By Shawnte Passmore
EVs aren't straining the electric grid — and they just might save it
By Joann Muller
California Leaders Credit Cellphone Alert for Sudden Conservation (Published 2022)
By Ivan Penn, Shawn Hubler & Jill Cowan
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Battery storage sets records in California heatwave energy crisis
By Andy Colthorpe
Bay Area power outages: Thousands without power
By Alex Baker, Phil Mayer & John Ferrannini
Not cool! Gavin Newsom slammed for AC 'double standard' amid heatwave
By Marjorie Hernandez & natalie o'neill
Historic, unforgiving Western heat wave is peaking and crushing records
By Jason Samenow, Matthew Cappucci & Bryan Pietsch
A text asked millions of Californians to save energy. They paid heed, averting blackouts
By Grace Toohey & Alexandra E. Petri
California Declares Grid Emergency With Power Use at Five-Year High
By Mark Chediak & Brian K. Sullivan
California blackouts called off amid 'extraordinary heat event'
By Thao Nguyen, John Bacon & Celina Tebor
California urges residents again not to charge EVs on busy travel weekend
By Thomas Catenacci
Heat waves stress power grids. That doesn’t mean California’s renewable energy is a bad idea.
By Neel Dhanesha
California Is Facing An Electricity Crisis. But It Has Also Mandated A Switchover To Electric Vehicles
By Aseem Prakash & Nives Dolsak
Brutal heat wave shatters all-time records, threatens power outages across California. And a hurricane could prolong it
By Nouran Salahieh, Dakin Andone & Rachel Ramirez
California Power Grid Faces Biggest Blackout Risk of Year as Heat Wave Intensifies
By Alyssa Lukpat & Jennifer Calfas
California's Heat Wave Is a Big Moment for Batteries
By Gregory Barber
California power outages possible during heat wave
By Emma Bowman
California Narrowly Averts an Electricity Crisis Amid Scorching Heat (Published 2022)
By Ivan Penn, Shawn Hubler & Jill Cowan
California’s Heat Wave Sets Records, and Stretches Power Grid
By Shawn Hubler & Michael Powell
California heat wave: No rolling blackouts but thousands without power
By Christine Fernando
California heat wave nearly broke the power grid
By Gregory Yee, Alexandra E. Petri & Grace Toohey
California averts rolling blackouts amid heat wave
By Gregory Yee, Harriet Ryan & Grace Toohey