With millions of homes and businesses cranking air conditioners to cope with temperatures above 43.3°C, electricity use in the largest US state hit the highest level since 2017 on Monday evening.
The prospect of outages underscores how grids have become vulnerable in the face of extreme weather as they transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. California has aggressively closed natural-gas power plants in recent years, leaving the state increasingly dependent on solar farms that go dark late in the day just as electricity demand peaks. At the same time, the state is enduring its worst drought in 1,200 years, sapping hydropower production.
California officials said the state could break the all-time record for power demand on Tuesday, as students come back to classrooms and businesses reopen after the long holiday weekend. In addition, hot and dry conditions across the state will leave it vulnerable to wildfires.
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