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Blackouts in Texas as Big Freeze Upends Energy Markets
(Bloomberg) — Texas began rolling power blackouts for millions of households for the first time in a decade as an unprecedented Arctic freeze wrought chaos in U.S. energy markets. The operator of the state’s power grid ordered network operators to reduce strain on the system as people crank up heaters to try and keep warm. …
Is Google Down? Gmail, YouTube Suffer Outages
More than a dozen Google services, including Gmail and YouTube, were offline in swaths of the globe Monday morning, interrupting access for individuals and businesses. The Alphabet Inc. GOOG -0.24% -owned company’s services showed errors for users attempting to sign in, access their emails or files, according to social-media postings from users. On YouTube, the …
More California blackouts possible amid record-breaking heat
With California in the grip of one of the worst heat waves in years, state power officials Wednesday continued to warn of the possibility of rolling blackouts and urged customers to conserve electricity. The heat wave is expected to continue through Thursday. On Tuesday, cities across Southern California set records for the day, including, Long …
California has first rolling blackouts in 19 years — and everyone faces blame
A pedestrian looks at a sign posted on the door of a hardware store during a citywide power outage in San Francisco, Calif. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images California While California braced for another round of rolling blackouts Monday night, the state’s grid operator held off for a second straight night. By DEBRA KAHN and COLBY …
California Braces for More Blackouts as Heat Wave Scorches West
California was struggling to deliver enough power to keep the lights on for the first time in nearly two decades as a severe heat wave broiled the region, and officials warned of potentially more rolling blackouts if high temperatures persist. Residents across the state were blasting their air-conditioning units while sheltering at home as coronavirus …
Smart Technology Could Help Divert Power During Blackouts
Most homes with solar power are connected to the power grid. Getty Images Researchers from Texas A&M University and industry professionals have designed a smart technology that can help utility companies better serve communities affected by blackouts. The researchers said their single device works by improving energy delivery between home solar-power systems and the …
Removing Huawei by 2023 would cause data ‘blackouts’, MPs told | Huawei
The UK would face mobile phone “blackouts” if networks were required to remove all Huawei equipment by 2023, a BT executive has told MPs. Speaking to the Commons science and technology committee, Howard Watson, BT’s chief technology and information officer, said the proposed three-year timeframe for the removal of the Chinese firm from Britain’s mobile …
Blackouts, mass evacuations as Kincade fire grows amid high winds
Fueled by winds that topped 80 mph, the Kincade fire exploded overnight in Sonoma County, burning winery properties and pushing closer to Healdsburg as about 1 million homes and businesses across the region were thrown into darkness because of Pacific Gas & Electric Co. blackouts. Officials evacuated a large swath of Sonoma County, including new …
Blackouts expose a lack of preparedness against California wildfires, experts say
In an all-too-familiar scenario in Southern California, tens of thousands of people have evacuated as a fast-moving wildfire threatened homes in the San Fernando Valley on Friday, triggering the shut down of schools and sections of the freeway. In a separate brush fire in Riverside County on Thursday, flames ravaged dozens of residences in a …
Typhoon Faxai batters Tokyo, causing evacuations, blackouts and transport chaos | World news
A powerful typhoon with record-breaking winds and heavy rain has battered the Tokyo region, sparking evacuation warnings for tens of thousands and causing widespread blackouts and transport disruption. Typhoon Faxai was one of the most powerful typhoons to hit the Japanese capital for years, packing winds of up to 216kph (134mph). Faxai made landfall in …
