Contra Costa County Escapes Rolling Blackouts

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA — Contra Costa County caught a break Sunday night when California ISO decided that rolling blackouts would not be needed. The supply in the California power grid was sufficient to meet demand.

PG&E had announced earlier that Contra Costa, San Francisco and San Mateo counties would be targeted for blackouts, if needed. Some 210,000 customers in the three counties would have lost power.

The previous two nights, Friday and Saturday, PG&E was ordered to do rotating outages, and hundreds of thousands were impacted.

>>Flex Alert: Rolling Blackouts Possible Through Wednesday

But Contra Costa is not out of the woods yet — a Flex Alert is in place through Wednesday, meaning blackouts may be on the immediate horizon.

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