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To: energyplay who wrote (78908)	11/14/2000 8:41:10 AM
From: excardog	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 95453

does anyone else find it interesting that California is on stage 2 power alert this time of year? No wonder they are suing BPA for power. Bodes well for the gas turbine business. IMO Press Release SOURCE: Southern California Edison Cal-ISO Declares Stage 2 Emergency; Directs SCE to Begin 'Load' Curtailment Program for Certain Customers ROSEMEAD, Calif., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- With the state's power reserves at less than 5%, the California Independent System Operator (Cal-ISO) has declared a ``Stage 2 Emergency'' and called upon Southern California Edison and other investor-owned utilities to begin voluntary ``load'' curtailment programs for certain customers within their service areas. Cal-ISO attributed the Stage 2 emergency to a generation shortfall partially attributable to several power plants in the California market being down for scheduled maintenance. At the same time, Cal-ISO and SCE are making urgent appeals for all customers to immediately reduce their electricity consumption. Cal-ISO, the nonprofit agency that manages 75% of California's transmission power grid and secures power supplies for most of the state's consumers, said the Stage 2 status would be in effect from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The agency directed SCE to reduce its electrical load by 1,000 megawatts -- enough power to serve approximately a million homes. To achieve this load reduction during Stage 2, SCE is required to activate its voluntary load curtailment program, under which large industrial, commercial, and agricultural customers who have agreed to have their power temporarily interrupted in exchange for reduced rates. Should the situation worsen for any reason, and power reserves drop below 1.5%, Cal-ISO will declare a Stage 3 Emergency, the most critical status. Cal-ISO would direct utilities to ``drop load,'' necessitating involuntary rotating outages for blocks of customers across their service areas until sufficient reserve levels are achieved. Large energy users, such as industrial and commercial customers, can help the power-supply situation by turning off unneeded lights and auxiliary or redundant machinery where ever possible. The best ways to reduce power consumption at home are to turn off any unneeded electrical appliances and lights. An Edison International company, Southern California Edison is one of the nation's largest electric utilities, serving a population of more than 11 million via 4.3 million customer accounts in a 50,000-square-mile service area within central, coastal and Southern California.