Saturday June 04, 2005

Hot summer : power outages, price spikes possible

peakoil.com -> msnbc.msn.com :

California and federal energy officials repeated warnings Thursday that the electricity system in southern California will be put to the test this summer, especially with long range forecasts calling for hotter-than-normal temperatures. And next summer may be even rougher, they say ...

Forecasting peak demand during the summer months – especially on the hottest afternoons when commercial and residential air conditioners kick in all at once – depends most heavily on predicting the duration and timing of the hottest heat spell in August. And this summer is shaping up as a hot one. Long-range weather forecasters at the National Weather Service think this summer will be hotter than normal in much of the Southeast, Southwest, Texas, California and Alaska – and cooler than normal in the northern plains states.

... federal officials are already warning of higher prices and possible blackouts - energy officials prefer to call them "controlled outages" - in some parts of the country.

(2005-06-04 23:47:00 SGT) [Energy] Permalink

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