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Grid operator: 3.3 million California homes could lose power

by Associated Press
| August 17, 2020 3:03 PM

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Up to 3.3 million homes and businesses in California were expected to lose power Monday as part of rolling blackouts to ease pressure on the state's electric grid as a dayslong heat wave engulfing the West Coast creates an energy shortage.

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