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Congratulations, California!
The California Energy Commission recently announced that California’s
conservation efforts reduced electricity consumption by 12% in June
2001 over the same period last year. Peak demand was cut an unprecedented
14%, helping to protect the state from rotating blackouts and expensive
energy purchases. In June 2000, six Stage 1 and three Stage 2 emergencies
were declared by the ISO when electricity demand exceeded the 40,000
megawatt threshold. This June, conservation efforts were enough
to avoid any ISO emergency declarations, although temperatures were
much warmer than last year.
“Californians are doing a phenomenal job of conserving energy,”
Governor Gray Davis said. “I asked Californians to reduce electricity
usage by 10 percent and they have come through big time.”
For a complete breakdown of the June conservation numbers, visit
the California Energy Commission web site at http://www.energy.ca.gov/electricity
(click on “2001 Peak Demand Reduction”).
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