rolling blackouts

You’ve been hearing about rolling blackouts and flex alerts a lot in the past week, but what does it all mean? Most importantly, how does it impact you? NBC 7’s Dana Williams breaks it down.

It is the eighth day in a row that a flex alert has been called in California, reports NBC 7’s Melissa Adan.

A brutal Western heat wave brought California to the verge of ordering rolling blackouts but the state’s electrical grid has managed to handle record-breaking demand. The state’s 39 million people were warned Tuesday that demand — some of it from people cranking up air conditioners — might outstrip supply as temperatures in many areas soared past 100 degrees. Power grid...

San Diego was successful in avoiding rolling blackouts amid the heat wave, but we’re not completely out of the clear yet since temperatures will still be high.

Point Loma lucked out o n blackouts Tuesday night, but what would have happened if they didn’t? NBC 7’s Omari Fleming has the story.

If lights do go out, it would be the first time since August of 2020. NBC 7’s Dana Williams has the story.

If measures to curb energy demand fail, rolling blackouts are possible in San Diego County. Here’s how SDG&E would handle that.

San Diego County — alongside the rest of California — successfully avoided rolling blackouts Tuesday night after Cal-ISO officials called for an Energy Emergency Alert 3 from around 5 to 8 p.m., urging residents to lower their power use.

Amid sweltering heat, several residents in San Diego County have experienced power outages. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford speaks to La Jolla locals who have been impacted.

A new report says California’s poor planning coupled with extreme weather caused rolling blackouts during an August heat wave

California’s Independent System Operator lifted its Stage 2 emergency declaration a little over two hours after it was declared on Sunday night.

Gateway Energy Storage helped keep the lights in California on this week.