It’s a summertime sequence that’s become all too familiar in California: Extreme heat forces air conditioners into overdrive, which pushes the state’s power grid to the brink.
In August 2020, a major heat event fueled by the climate crisis forced some of the state’s first rotating power outages in decades, as the ongoing transition to green energy lagged behind demand. Last September, Californians narrowly avoided rolling blackouts as a record-breaking heat wave broiled almost every corner of the state for days.
Now, California is trying to avoid a repeat this summer as global warming pushes temperatures higher and for longer stretches of time.
Read more at the Los Angeles Times.