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California Fire Crews Battle Wildfires Amid Heat Wave, Power Outages
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0:36Now PlayingCalifornia warned that it may not have enough power to keep air conditioners humming Friday as a dangerous heat wave grips the Golden State.
The state’s grid operator said there could be a shortfall in power supplies starting late Friday afternoon or evening and and activated conservation measures to meet electricity demand, according to a grid warning notice issued Friday. The California Independent System Operator, which controls electricity flows on most of the state’s grid, already has asked residents to cut back on consumption as the heat intensifies heading into the weekend.
The warnings come as a “sweltering and long duration heat wave” is forecast to develop across the U.S. West this weekend through much of next week, according to the National Weather Service. The weather agency posted excessive heat warnings for much of California for Friday through Wednesday.
Further complicating matters, cloud cover from the remnants of tropical storm Elida is expected to crimp output from the state’s solar generators, leading to tighter supplies, the grid operator said in a statement Friday.
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