South California Faces Summer Power Challenge
Reuters: Southern California's electricity system will be challenged this summer, and power emergencies may result if an extended drought leads to massive wildfires, the main US electricity reliability watchdog said on Wednesday. Southern California is the area that most concerns analysts at the North American Electric Reliability Corp (NERC), which on Wednesday issued its summer 2008 outlook. Of Southern California, NERC said, "capacity margins will remain tight. Significant ...
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