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To: sammaster who wrote (58760)	1/17/2001 3:14:45 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

California Triggers Blackouts Due Power Shortage SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Electricity was shut off to parts of California on Wednesday as electricity demand overwhelmed supplies, triggering rolling outages in a desperate bid by power companies to avoid toppling the overloaded grid. ``We've asked for rotating outages in the PG&E territory,'' said a spokesman for the California Independent System Operator (news - web sites) (ISO), which manages most of the state transmission grid. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (news - web sites) serves about 13 million people in Northern and Central California. ISO officials warned the blackouts, which cut electrical service to entire neighborhoods for about an hour at a time, could last through the evening dailynews.yahoo.com Reuters/Yahoo scooped CNN and AP.