California is facing the possibility of blackouts as a brutal heatwave pushes demand on the western US state’s energy grid beyond previous records, prompting authorities to urge residents to limit their electricity usage.State energy officials said the electrical load on Tuesday afternoon could top 51,000 megawatts, the highest demand the state has ever seen.Elliot Mainzer, president of California Independent System Operator (ISO), which runs the state’s electrical grid, said it has “entered the most intense phase of this heatwave” and warned residents that “blackouts, rolling, rotating outages are a possibility”.
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