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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 2001
Page
3
State regulators barred Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas and Electric from suspending service to 25 million customers. Gov. Davis signed a $400 million rescue to buy and resell power, while the ISO could still order blackouts. The plan aims to avert weekend outages amid dwindling generation and rising gas prices.
Q who decides who loses power A utility companies make the call after the California Independent System Operator the manager of the state s power grid tells them to reduce power usage Q how do they decide A the utility company divides its customers into groups of several hundred that it calls circuits these circuits are then organized into blocks of users who consume roughly the same amount of power the utility then cuts service block by block Q are people warned that their power will be cut A the ISO tells the utilities they need rolling blackouts only about 15 minutes ahead of time in those 15 minutes the utilities contact radio and TV stations to spread the word Q how long will a rolling blackout last A Pacific Gas & Electric the only utility that has had to conduct rolling blackouts so far says they have typically lasted 1 1/2 to 2 hours Q is anyone exempt from blackouts A circuits that include fire and police stations hospitals with more than 100 beds that lack adequate backup power prisons facilities considered essential to the national defense commercial air and sea operations radio and TV broadcast services and water and sewage treatment facilities are exempt Telephone service is also exempt although equipment for cellular phone service is not Q what should people do in a Stage 3 emergency A cut energy consumption by turning off major appliances such as air conditioners washers and dryers limit use of lights and computers and stay tuned to radio or television for blackout information.
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