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Blackouts Not Expected in California This Summer.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, April, 2004

By Andrew Galvin, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 23--It'll be close, but California should make it through the summer without having to endure rolling blackouts, state energy officials said Thursday.

The California Independent System Operator, which controls the power grid for most of the state, predicts that there will be adequate supplies of electricity to meet the state's needs on even the hottest days this year.

But officials also called on Californians to cut their consumption of electricity by taking simple steps such as turning off unneeded lights, saying that conservation will give the state necessary breathing room when power supplies get tight on hot days.

"The good news...

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