This comes after the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) also tweeted Saturday evening that it wasn't planning a second night of rolling outages.
PG&E warned customers earlier in the day that another round of outages could happen at 5 p.m. and last until 10 p.m. The utility says no customers should be impacted overnight.
At direction of California’s Grid Operator- PG&E has initiated a rotating outage impacting approximately 200K - 250k customers. More information to come. Please conserve energy. Thank you for your patience. https://t.co/O213eqyJpF
— PG&E (@PGE4Me) August 16, 2020
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The outages are expected to impact customers in portions of the Central Coast and Central Valley, including Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Joaquin counties.
The rolling blackouts are being called because the state's energy supply is not enough to adequately meet anticipated demand during the statewide heatwave. Other power utilities in the state are being directed to conduct similar rotating outages.
In a news release, Michael Lewis, Interim President of PG&E said:
"This is a statewide issue that we are working together with CAISO and many stakeholders to address. We know how important it is to have access to reliable power during these times, and we are doing everything we can to limit the impacts. Our team is working diligently to keep these rotating outages as short as possible, so that there is no further impact to the grid. We appreciate our customers' patience as we work to restore power to everyone this evening. We urge all of our customers to take immediate steps to reduce their power usage."
On Friday evening, PG&E was directed by California Independent System Operator (ISO) to initiates rotating outages throughout the state.
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The Stage 3 Emergency declaration was called after extreme heat drove up electricity demand across California, causing the ISO to dip into its operating reserves for supply to cover demand.
Earlier this week the state issued a Flex Alert, warning residents that this week's heat wave could put a strain on the state's power grid.
PG&E strongly encourages all customers to conservce energy through next Wednesday.
For the latest on PG&E outages across the Bay Area click here.
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