Cal-ISO demand to ease after first grid emergency of season on wildfires, heat

摘要

California Independent System Operator peakload is expected to easethroughout the week after a heat wave led to a Stage 2 grid emergencyas an Oregon wildfire tripped transmission lines that send power intothe state and rising temperatures drove up demand.The ISO remained under a Flex Alert and restricted gridmaintenance from 4 pm-9 pm July 12 as peakload was forecast toreach 40.374 GW, an 8.2% increase day on day, according to ISO data.The Restricted Maintenance Operations notice requires generators topostpone any planned outages for routine equipment maintenance,ensuring that all available resources can be dispatched to the grid.