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by dragonwriter 1430 days ago
> Hence the rolling blackouts the last few years and more are expected for this summer.

California has had two days with rolling blackouts since 2001, August 14-15 of 2020.

It has had public safety power shutoffs in some areas since 2019 to prevent fire risk during dry, high-wind conditions, but those are a different issue than rolling blackouts and unrelated to energy generating capacity.

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> California has had two days with rolling blackouts since 2001, August 14-15 of 2020.

Right. And more are predicted for this year. So it was and still is an issue. Or at least, officials expect it to still be an issue.