The managers of California’s electrical grid warned Wednesday that the state is facing tight power supplies this summer, due in part to a drier winter that is reducing available hydro power. Some Californians could be forced to turn down their air conditioners, hold off on doing their laundry or make other sacrifices in the name of energy conservation.
The California Independent System Operator, in its annual summer forecast, said there’s “an extremely low probability” that it will have to order rolling blackouts this summer. But there’s a 50 percent chance that the ISO will have to declare a “Stage 2” emergency for the first time since 2007.
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