{"id":1628338,"date":"2022-08-31T13:03:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T17:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1628338"},"modified":"2022-08-31T13:06:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T17:06:56","slug":"californians-asked-to-not-charge-electric-cars-keep-ac-at-78-as-heat-wave-stresses-power-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/californians-asked-to-not-charge-electric-cars-keep-ac-at-78-as-heat-wave-stresses-power-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"Californians Asked to Not Charge Electric Cars, Keep AC at 78 as Heat Wave Stresses Power Grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornians-asked-to-not-charge-electric-cars-keep-ac-at-78-as-heat-wave-stresses-power-grid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1628338&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">C<\/span>alifornia grid operators <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caiso.com\/Documents\/excessive-heat-starting-tomorrow-will-stress-energy-grid.pdf\">warned<\/a> residents to prepare for voluntary energy cuts and other <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/energy-and-environment\">emergency measures<\/a>, such as turning down the air conditioning and forgoing electric vehicle charges, as the state braces for a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/climate-change\">period of excessive heat<\/a> expected to last through Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>The California Independent System Operator said in a statement it is taking measures to bring \u201call available resources\u201d online ahead of the heat wave, which is expected to be the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/drought-wildfire-may-strain-california-power-grid\">longest and most severe<\/a> high-heat period to hit the state so far this year. <\/p>\n<p>An excessive heat warning is in effect through much of Southern California, with the National Weather Service warning of \u201cdangerously hot\u201d conditions that could climb as high as 115 degrees in some parts of the state. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"TweetEmbed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An impactful, long duration heat wave is expected from the beaches to the desert through Labor Day. High to very high heat risk will impact the coast and valleys by Sun &#038; Mon. Plan ahead now so you can stay cool and hydrated, especially if you have outdoor plans. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CAwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JbQPWueLCw\">pic.twitter.com\/JbQPWueLCw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NWS San Diego (@NWSSanDiego) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSSanDiego\/status\/1564378608251985922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2022<\/a>\n              <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, temperatures in Northern California are expected to be 10-18 degrees warmer than usual. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/daily-on-energy-eu-weighs-historic-market-overhauls-to-contend-with-energy-crisis\">DAILY ON ENERGY: EU WEIGHS HISTORIC MARKET OVERHAULS TO CONTEND WITH ENERGY CRISIS<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf weather or grid conditions worsen, the ISO may issue a series of emergency notifications to access additional resources and prepare market participants and the public for potential energy shortages and the need to conserve,\u201d CAISO officials <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caiso.com\/Documents\/excessive-heat-starting-tomorrow-will-stress-energy-grid.pdf\">warned<\/a> Tuesday night. \u201cThe power grid operator expects to call on Californians for voluntary energy conservation via Flex Alerts over the long weekend.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>This could include asking residents to set thermostats to 78 degrees or higher, avoid large appliance use and EV charging, and turn off unnecessary lights between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m, when the grid is the most stressed. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Lowering power usage during that time will ease the strain on the grid, officials said, and prevent \u201cmore drastic measures, including rotating power outages.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California grid operators warned residents to prepare for voluntary energy cuts and other emergency measures, such as turning down the air conditioning and forgoing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1628350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1628338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1628338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1628338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1628338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1628350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1628338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1628338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1628338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}