Report confirms steps California must take to prevent summer power outages

摘要

California electricity regulators released their final report on how toprevent a repeat of the August 2020 rotating power outages thatimpacted millions of customers during an extreme heat wave acrossthe western U.S.Making sure electric resources are sufficient, reliable and flexibleenough to meet rapid shifts in supply and demand during lateafternoon and evening hours is at the top of a list of a number ofreforms the California ISO, California Public Utilities Commission andCalifornia Energy Commission concluded are needed, according to aFinal Root Cause Analysis the agencies released on Jan. 13.