California's power grid is being stretched to the max. Here's why:
: The state's grid is powered, in part, by renewable energy, including solar power and hydropower.
"We've seen situations where smoke and cloud cover can have an effect. If it's over a populated area, it could have more effect of reducing demand, where if the smoke and cloud cover is over the solar fields, it can have an effect on the availability of supply," Mark Rothleder, the ISO's senior vice president and chief operating officer, told reporters during a press briefing Thursday.
The current heat wave "is just the latest reminder of how real the climate crisis is, and how it is impacting the everyday lives of Californians," Newsom said in a statement. "While we are taking steps to get us through the immediate crisis, this reinforces the need for urgent action to end our dependence on fossil fuels that are destroying our climate and making these heat waves hotter and more common.
Human error may also play a part in power supplies.
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