Energy Emergency Alert 1 issued for CA at 5 p.m. amid dangerous heat wave. Here's what that means.
But Mainzer also said, we entered the "most intense phase of this heat wave." He says the possibility on rotating power outages have increased significantly.
On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom discussed the heat wave expected to impact California and the West Coast, lasting through Labor Day weekend until next Wednesday. As the sun rises over the East Bay, so do concerns of a possible power outage as the power grid is stretched to a new extreme. This, while a city pool in Brentwood was forced to close through Tuesday because of the excessive heat.It's a similar story for Antioch Tesla drivers who came to get a supercharge not long after sunrise.
"We're grateful for everyone's help but we have another day of hot conditions and high electricity demand and the event is going to get much more intense on Monday and Tuesday and persist across the course of next week," Elliot Mainzer, President and CEO of Cal ISO said in a video statement.
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