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Publishing date: Jul 09, 2021  •  11 hours ago  •  2 minute read  •  Article content (Bloomberg) California ordered a stage 2 power-grid emergency one step away from rolling blackouts as a searing heat wave drives temperatures into triple-digits and sends demand for electricity soaring. The state’s grid operator called for measure as wildfires including the Bootleg Fire in south-central Oregon threaten transmission lines bringing power into California. It comes as a historic drought grips the Western U.S. and temperatures reach record levels in parts of the region. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Article content The threat of blackouts underscore the power grid’s increasing vulnerability as climate change disrupts weather patterns and signal that shortfalls may continue this summer. Last August, California suffered its first rolling outages in almost two decades after hot weather sent electricity dem

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