COUNTY EYES OWN SOURCE OF POWER.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer VENTURA - Trying to find their own solutions to the electricity crisis, Ventura County supervisors today will discuss buying backup generators for the Hall of Administration and, possibly, even creating a countywide coun·ty·wide adv. & adj. Throughout a whole county: found at locations countywide; a countywide search. Adj. 1. power operation. During a two-hour study session, the board will consider approving a $4 million loan to buy two generators that could be used when the power goes out. The county hall is among the commercial users that have an interruptible-service contract with Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. , and three weeks of Stage 3 power alerts have made it difficult to operate normally. Five existing emergency generators provide only one-third of the power needed for full operation, officials said. ``The current electrical power generation crisis in California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). may not be fully resolved until additional power generation plants can be constructed, which could take several years,'' General Services Director John Johnston
``Until then it is prudent to have our own backup emergency power available to assure basic public services Public services is a term usually used to mean services provided by government to its citizens, either directly (through the public sector) or by financing private provision of services. can be reliably delivered,'' he said. The supervisors also will discuss the possibility of creating its own power department, like those in the cities of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Burbank and Glendale. ``We are going to explore the options of what we can do to help the region,'' said Supervisor Kathy Long. ``Should we buy the two plants in the county and provide municipal service will be an option.'' |
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