{"id":58551,"date":"2021-07-10T11:36:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T16:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=58551"},"modified":"2021-07-10T11:36:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T16:36:58","slug":"california-grid-strained-as-power-shortfalls-loom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=58551","title":{"rendered":"California Grid Strained As Power Shortfalls Loom"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"ArticleFull_header__11o5_\">\n<h3 class=\"ArticleFull_title__2cUI6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/commodities\/california-power-grid-strained-power-shortfalls-loom\">California Grid Strained As Power Shortfalls Loom<\/a><\/h3>\n<footer class=\"ArticleFull_headerFooter__2Nt6Y\"><\/footer>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"NodeContent_mainContent__38L44\">\n<div class=\"NodeContent_body__2clki NodeBody_container__1M6aJ\">\n<p>Amid another heat wave across the Western half of the US, California issued a stage-2 power-grid emergency alert Friday and urged customers to conserve power as temperatures surpassed 100 degrees, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/california\/article252694863.html\">The Sacramento Bee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The state&#8217;s grid operator, California Independent System Operator (ISO), issued the alert on Friday, which is one step away from rolling blackouts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3R3ZWV0X2VtYmVkX2NsaWNrYWJpbGl0eV8xMjEwMiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1413676443846987783&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcommodities%2Fcalifornia-power-grid-strained-power-shortfalls-loom&amp;sessionId=3a27f4b865535b3e21f1e9be4393a99df328241d&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1413676443846987783\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Readers may recall, as early as Tuesday, we\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/weather\/excessive-heat-continues-plague-western-states-no-end-sight\">outlined<\/a>\u00a0how &#8220;scorching temperatures return to the West, persisting through mid-week, and reappear this weekend.&#8221; By Friday, we gave the full\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/weather\/nother-dangerous-heat-dome-plague-western-states\">breakdown<\/a>\u00a0of the second heat wave and its impact for the next several days, affecting upwards of 28 million people from California to Washington State.<\/p>\n<p>Excessive heat warnings have already been posted for California, Nevada, western Arizona, and western Utah. Watches have also been posted for interior portions of Oregon and southern Idaho.<\/p>\n<p>By late Friday, ISO discontinued the emergency, but with multiple 100-degree-plus days forecasted for Saturday and Sunday for Californians, the power grid operator may have to reissue grid alerts.<\/p>\n<p>Large swaths of the West could experience temperatures 20 or more degrees above average. Below is a temperature anomalies forecast showing the heat dome could last through mid-next week<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/FCBBAFA7-5726-46F3-B049-2FEA6F5E4994.GIF?itok=A_CdE5HH\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/FCBBAFA7-5726-46F3-B049-2FEA6F5E4994.GIF?itok=A_CdE5HH\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/FCBBAFA7-5726-46F3-B049-2FEA6F5E4994.GIF?itok=A_CdE5HH\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"288\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"2d55d658-9e9e-413d-9f20-c8914b65805d\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those who are curious what &#8220;stage 2&#8221; means, power consumption is exceptionally high in the state, and the grid has become &#8220;reserve deficient,&#8221; allowing grid operators to resupply the grid with generators. If supply doesn&#8217;t meet\u00a0demand, the next stage would be rolling blackouts to prevent the grid from collapse. The alert was the first in 2021 and was last declared in August 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Making matters worse is a wildfire raging in southern Oregon and may threaten transmission lines bringing power into California.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3R3ZWV0X2VtYmVkX2NsaWNrYWJpbGl0eV8xMjEwMiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1413594536480174080&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcommodities%2Fcalifornia-power-grid-strained-power-shortfalls-loom&amp;sessionId=3a27f4b865535b3e21f1e9be4393a99df328241d&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1413594536480174080\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The wildfire prompted California Gov. Gavin Newsom to issue an emergency proclamation to free up additional energy supplies.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Grid Strained As Power Shortfalls Loom Amid another heat wave across the Western half of the US, California issued a stage-2 power-grid emergency alert Friday and urged customers to conserve power as temperatures surpassed 100 degrees, according to\u00a0The Sacramento Bee. The state&#8217;s grid operator, California Independent System Operator (ISO), issued the alert on Friday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[101,1737,288,4721,1574,1575,4849,4318],"class_list":["post-58551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy-2","category-environment","tag-california","tag-extreme-heat","tag-extreme-weather","tag-grid-loss","tag-power-grid","tag-power-loss","tag-wildfires","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58552,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58551\/revisions\/58552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}