You know, we have a heat wave, a multiday heat wave. And so what it did yesterday was it pushed the all-time peak to a little over 51,000 megawatts. The previous record was set in 2006 at 50,000.

California’s power grid emerged from a nearly three weeklong record-setting heat wave relatively unscathed, and officials are crediting years of investment in renewable energy — particularly ...

Heat wave: Electric companies asking people to conserve energy to reduce strain on grid. Published: ; Jul. 22, 2022, 5:00 a.m.