Newsom visits Sacramento cooling center as grid suffers under heat wave

Ashley Zavala reports

BEEN TELLING YOU THE GOVERNORHAS DECLARED A STATE OFEMERGENCY FOX FORTY'S ASHLEYZAVALA REPORTS.AND A COOLING CENTER INCALIFORNIA'S CAPITAL CITY MANYARE TRYING TO BEAT THE HEATTUESDAY MARKED THE 5TH DAY INA WEEK LONG STRETCH OF EXTREMETEMPERATURES SIZZLING THESTATE AND OVERWHELMING THEELECTRICAL GRID WE'RE GOING TOSEEN THE STRESS ON THE SYSTEMWITH AN INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY INTO THE LATEST ROUND OFROLLING BLACKOUTS THE GOVERNORSAYS MORE ARE INEVITABLE ASTHE STATE IS EXPECTED TO PEAKAT 50,000 MEGAWATTS OF POWERTUESDAY AND 47,000 WEDNESDAYGOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM'SADMINISTRATION ISINVESTIGATING REGULATORSFAILURE TO PREDICT AND PLANFOR THE SHORTAGES, ESPECIALLYAMID A PANDEMIC WHEN EVERYONEIS ENCOURAGED TO WORK LEARNAND ULTIMATELY STAY INSIDE THESTATE'S LARGEST ELECTRICCOMPANY PG E SAID THECALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT SYSTEMOPERATOR ALSO KNOWN AS CAL,ISO GAVE IT A 10 MINUTE NOTICETO SHUT DOWN POWER TO HUNDREDSOF THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS OVERTHE WEEKEND KAUAI SO HAS YETTO COMMENT ON PG E'S CLAIMSBUT THE AGENCY SAYS THIS COULDHAVE BEEN AVOIDED HAD THEPUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONLISTEN TO THEIR CONSTANTWARNINGS OF AN ENERGYSHORTFALL MEANWHILE, THESAYS DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITYRIGHT NOW IS NOT OUT OF THEORDINARY BUT IT WILL WORK WITHOTHER AGENCIES TO FIGURE OUTWHAT HAPPENED WE ARE COMMITTEDTHE LONG HAUL I DID THE CARBONICE OUR ECONOMY.WHAT WE REFER TO AS LOWCARBON GREEN GROWTH, WE'RE NOTGOING TO BACK AWAY FROM THAT.BUT WE CANNOT DO THAT.

WITHOUTFOCUSING.

COME AND CERTAINLYON THE ISSUE OF RELIABILITY.AND THE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEENCAL ISO PARTNERSHIPS CAN THECALIFORNIA PC THE CALIFORNIAENERGY COMMISSION AREFOUNDATIONAL SOME LAWMAKERSSAY REGARDLESS OF HOWREGULATORS RESPOND TO THEINVESTIGATION THERESPONSIBILITY ULTIMATELYFALLS ON THE GOVERNOR ANDPREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS,ASSEMBLYMAN JIM PATTERSON ISTHE VICE CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLYUTILITIES AND ENERGYCOMMITTEE.BUT THAT'S JUST LAUNCHEDTHE COMPANY ON THE PLANET.

BUTARE GREAT IS AT THE FIRM'S OFFAILURE AND IT'S NOT THE RICHAND FOUND HIM NOT BECAUSE WEHAVE HOT DAYS BECAUSE WE HAVEA POLITICAL.

TO GOVERNORS WHOHAVE SAID THAT LARGE-SCALEHYDRO AND NATURAL GAS ANDNUCLEAR.

I'M GOING TO OFF THETABLE.THE GOVERNOR SAYSPRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THEINVESTIGATION WILL BE ON HISDESK BY WEDNESDAY AT THELATEST IN SACRAMENTO, ASHLEYZAVALA FOX 40 NEWS.