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Conservation, cooler temps help California power grid
2013-07-03 02:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A second day of conservation efforts and slightly lower temperatures helped the California power grid avoid potential problems on Tuesday as a widespread heat wave across the West begins to moderate. The region's power supply also improved Tuesday afternoon as PG&E Corp's 1,122-MW Diablo Canyon 1 nuclear reactor reconnected to the grid and began to increase output, the utility said. Generating resources in California were below par this week after the permanent closure in June of the 2,150-MW...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical