Continued Conservation Urged as Another Stage One Electrical Emergency is Declared; Media Teleconference Scheduled for 11 a.m.Business Editors FOLSOM Fol·som adj. Of or relating to a culture that flourished in western North America east of the Rocky Mountains during the late Pleistocene Epoch, notable chiefly for the use of grooved, leaf-shaped flint projectile points. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 2000 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). residents are urged to continue conservation efforts, as electricity in the western U.S. remains in short supply. The California Independent System Operator (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. ) declared a Stage One Emergency at 9:15 a.m. today, Tuesday, December 20, 2000 effective through 12 midnight. Last night for the first time, California ISO invoked the federal order issued late last week by Energy Secretary Bill Richardson  This article or section contains information about one or more candidates in an upcoming or ongoing election.Content may change as the election approaches. . Additional resources have been made available as a result of the order, but additional supply is still needed to meet the forecasted peak of 33,720 megawatts at around 6:00 p.m. tonight. Transmission constraints CONSTRAINTS - A language for solving constraints using value inference. ["CONSTRAINTS: A Language for Expressing Almost-Hierarchical Descriptions", G.J. Sussman et al, Artif Intell 14(1):1-39 (Aug 1980)]. in the middle of the state continue to limit the ability of the California ISO to get additional power from Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, up to the northern portion of the state.
CALIFORNIA ISO TELECONFERENCE
DATE: Tuesday, December 20, 2000
PHONE NUMBER: 800/374-1387
TIME (PST): 11:00 a.m.
PASSCODE: 982640
A Stage One Emergency triggers a public request for conservation of electricity. This request is not intended to disrupt employment or curtail cur·tail tr.v. cur·tailed, cur·tail·ing, cur·tails To cut short or reduce. See Synonyms at shorten. [Middle English curtailen, to restrict industrial production or commerce. However, if the conservation measures are insufficient in lowering the demand for power, load management programs that implement voluntary curtailments of power are probable. A Stage Two is declared when reserves drop below five percent. At this level, large commercial customers that have signed up to voluntarily curtail power during high demand days will be asked to do so. California ISO is charged with managing the flow of electricity along the long-distance, high-voltage power lines that make up the bulk of California's transmission system. The not-for-profit Not-for-profit An organization established for charitable, humanitarian, or educational purposes that is exempt from some taxes and in which no one in profits or losses. public-benefit corporation assumed the responsibility in March, 1998, when California opened its energy markets to competition and the state's investor-owned utilities turned their private transmission power lines over to the California ISO to manage. The mission of the California ISO is to safeguard the reliable delivery of electricity, facilitate markets and ensure equal access to a 12,500 circuit mile "electron highway." Information about the California ISO control area's electricity supply and the current demand is available on the web at www.caiso.com.
Other helpful contacts:
Pacific Gas and Electric 415/973-5930
Southern California Edison 626/302-2255
San Diego Gas and Electric 877/866-2066
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