California Grid Operator Cancels Planned Outages

The California Independent System Operator has cancelled a series of planned power outages amid a heat wave that pushed temperatures into triple-digit territory, the AP reports, citing the grid operator as saying pleas for power conservation had worked. Before appealing to Californians to keep their air conditioners at higher temperatures and avoid using their washing machines for a while, the ISO had warned that several million people could be left without power for up to two hours to avoid overloading the grid. However, the appeals worked and…