California Issues First Rolling Blackouts Since 2001, As Heat Wave Bakes Western U.S.
California electrical utilities implemented their first rolling blackouts since 2001, as the state grapples with an intense, prolonged heat wave.
by Nathan Rott
Aug 15, 2020
2 minutes
California electrical providers instituted rolling blackouts Friday night – the first since 2001–as an intense and prolonged heat wave settled over much of the Western U.S.
Hundreds of thousands of people are believed to have experienced brief power outages through the evening, after the body that manages most of the state's electrical utilities declared a
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