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CAISO Avoids Blackouts amid Brutal Heat, Fires

Demand Response, Conservation Headed off Another Crisis

Sep 6, 2020
Hudson Sangree
CAISO/WEIM / Reliability / Generation / Resource Adequacy
In the face of another heat wave and raging wildfires, CAISO avoided rolling blackouts but declared Stage 2 emergencies on Saturday and Sunday after losing transmission and generating capacity without warning. Sunday was “undoubtedly the most stressful grid day we had this year, maybe 10 years,” Vice President of Operations...

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