ADVISORY/Municipal Utilities Have the Power to Keep the Lights On; NCPA and CAISO Prepare for 'Summer 2000' Power Outages.News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY...Monday (June 6) --(BUSINESS WIRE) The Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern Power Agency (NCPA NCPA National Center for Policy Analysis NCPA National Community Pharmacists Association (formerly National Association of Retail Druggists) NCPA Northern California Power Agency NCPA National Child Protection Authority ) and its members will host a media availability and onsite tour of NCPA's scheduling and dispatch system on Tuesday, June 6 at 10:00 a.m. -- to show how they are working with the California Independent System Operator (CAISO CAISO California Independent System Operator ) to help meet the challenges of increased power demand due to growth in consumption and hot temperatures this summer. NCPA and CAISO representatives will provide an overview of what California is facing this summer -- and what they are doing to help ensure customers have the power they need when they need it.
-- What: "Summer 2000" power outage media briefing and tour
-- When: Tuesday, June 6 2000
10am -- Conference Call
10:45am -- Tour of scheduling and dispatch system
-- Where: Northern California Power Agency 180 Cirby Way,
Roseville, CA
Call In # 1-800-849-7809, Code # 5081621
-- Who: Representatives from NCPA and CAISO. (See attached list
for names of all participants)
All Media welcome to participate on conference call and tour. Elected Officials Jason Liles, Councilman, City of Healdsburg Mike Siminski, Councilman, City of Lompoc Bern Beecham, Councilman, City of Palo Alto Industry Hewlett-Packard, Customer, Cities of Palo Alto and Roseville Utility Staff Gene Keller, Marketing Coordinator, Alameda Bureau of Electricity Jack Slota, City Administrator, City of Gridley Tom Auzenne, Manager Utility Marketing, City of Palo Alto Jim Feider, Electric Utility Director, City of Redding Redding, city (1990 pop. 66,462), seat of Shasta co., N central Calif., on the Sacramento River; inc. 1872. A principal tourist center for a mountain and lake region, it also has lumbering, food-processing, and diverse manufacturing. Bernie Fargen, Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , Roseville Electric California ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. |
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