Continuing Heat Prompts Cal-ISO to Initiate Stage One System Emergency; Investor-Owned Utilities Called On to Encourage Customers to Conserve Power.FOLSOM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 1998--The 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). Independent System Operator (Cal-ISO) is asking investor-owned utilities to urge their customers to conserve energy. The request comes as the state faces yet another day of high temperatures as a heat wave lingers over California. Neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. states are also suffering from the hot weather and accompanying heavy demand for electricity, which means surplus power plant generation is in low supply. The Cal-ISO is gearing up for a day expected to bring the highest consumption of electricity since the state opened its power grid to competition. Peak demand could reach 44,200 megawatts today on the Cal-ISO power grid. Previously, before the state opened its electricity industry to competition, the non-simultaneous record peak demand for areas served by Pacific Gas & Electric, 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 San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. Gas & Electric was 44,650 megawatts (summer of 1997). A Stage One emergency is initiated to advise the public of potential power shortages and to ask all customers to conserve electricity in order to ensure there will be enough power to meet future demand. The request for demand reduction 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. The Cal-ISO will acquire by any means, including non-competitive bid, additional resources in an amount sufficient to maintain minimum operation reserves. Cal-ISO is chartered by the state to manage the flow electricity along the long-distance, high-voltage power lines that make up the bulk of California's transmission system. The not-for-profit public-benefit corporation assumed the responsibility in March 1998 when California opened its energy markets to competition and mandated the investor-owned utilities turn their private transmission power lines over to the Cal-ISO's public power grid. The mission of the Cal-ISO is to safeguard the reliable delivery of electricity and ensure equal access to the state's "electron highway," which spans 124,000 miles or three-quarters of the state. The Cal-ISO is the second largest control area in the U.S. and the fifth largest in the world. Its computerized computerized adapted for analysis, storage and retrieval on a computer. computerized axial tomography see computed tomography. control center is located in Folsom, 22-miles from the capital city of Sacramento. Other helpful contacts: WSCC WSCC West Sussex County Council (UK) WSCC Western States Chiropractic College WSCC Walters State Community College (Tennessee) WSCC Washington State Community College Kim Astin, 801/582-0353 PG&E Leonard Anderson, 415/973-5930 SCE SCE (in Scotland) Scottish Certificate of Education SCE n abbr (= Scottish Certificate of Education) → Schulabschlusszeugnis in Schottland Clarence Brown, 626/302-2255 SDG&E Art Larson, 619/696-4307
CONTACT: California ISO
Patrick Dorinson, 888/516-NEWS
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