The state's power grid is also being pushed to the brink and runs the risk of outages, officials say.
People cool off in the ocean along Santa Monica beach amid an intense heat wave in California, Sept. 4, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif.Temperatures in parts of the San Francisco Bay Area have hit record numbers as state officials warn of blackouts throughout the state as Californians deals with intense heat.
A woman jogs by power lines as a wave of extreme heat settled over much of California, in Mountain View, Calif., Aug. 17, 2022.California is going through a record-breaking heat wave that may be the hottest and longest in the state for September, Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a video posted Tuesday on Twitter.
CAISO has thanked state residents for helping conserve as much energy as possible to lower the power load. “Forecasts showed that electrical demand could reach over 51,000 megawatts on Tuesday -- the highest demand ever on the state's energy grid, exceeding the previous high of 50,270 megawatts in 2006, CAISO said.”
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