SACRAMENTO, Calif. — 4:40 p.m. update
California ISO anticipates no power outages for Wednesday, Aug. 19. The state's grid operator said were the reasons California was able to avoid a night of rolling blackouts was because of conservation, imported energy and wind protection.
A Flex Alert is still in place until 9 p.m.
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California has staved off another round of rolling blackouts as a searing heat wave strained its electrical grid. But authorities are warning of a continuing threat on Wednesday.
A Flex Alert for the state of California is still underway, calling for voluntary energy conservation for the state to conserve energy from 2 - 9 p.m. to try to avoid having to order utilities to cut power to selected areas. As many as two million Californians were at risk of having power shut off Tuesday night before the California Independent System Operator canceled an emergency declaration. Authorities credited consumers for conservation efforts.
Rolling blackouts were ordered twice last week but have been narrowly avoided since then.
To assist its customers, PG&E created a way to check and see if your house, and neighborhood, are included in the potential blackouts. First, on the PG&E Rotating Outage Block Look Up website, you enter your address. Then you will be given a outage block number and letter. Once you have that information, you will then be prompted to visit another PG&E page that lists the potential areas that could be impacted by rolling blackouts.
Brandi Merlo, PG&E Spokesperson, said the website is a new tool offered by PG&E to help customers prepare for potential blackouts in their area. She said the company is also working to alert customers via text and automated phone calls.
Merlo thanked PG&E's customers for adhering to the recent Flex Alerts, which helped with "significant conservation efforts."
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