Another scorching day is putting
stress on the state's grid system,
leading to yet another flex alert.
It's the 8th one in a row.
Good afternoon.
Welcome to the four.
I'm Heather Myers.
I'm Marcella Lee Carlo has the day off.
That flex alert starts right now.
People are being asked to conserve
energy between the hours of 4:00 o'clock
and 9:00 o'clock tonight. If not,
there could be rolling blackout. Shannon
Haney joins us live from SGD with what
it will take for that to happen in the
communities that would be impacted first.
Shannon, this is just getting
repetitive at this point. 8 days.
A roll of a flex alert and it seems
day after day we're being told.
Well, today could be the day that
you might see a rolling blackout.
Yeah, exactly.
Heather and marcella.
I mean, I know that people are
getting tired of these flex alerts,
but the reality is,
without them, we could see entire
neighborhoods without power now.
Right now, Cal ISO,
which manages the state's grid,
has put out an emergency alert, too.
If it goes to a Level 3,
that's when we'll see those
rolling blackouts begin.
I spoke with one man today
who says he's worried,
especially for his pets.
We want to take care of
pets around, not at home,
so we got turned on the AC for them.
Otherwise it'll be too hot for
them and you can lose them to
heatstroke and that's very bad
if you don't want that happen.
If if we get electricity out,
I'm going to have to go to my in
laws and my parents house. We were
under an emergency Alert 3 yesterday,
but it expired at 8:00 PM because people
did wind up conserving enough energy.
Still, it could happen again today.
As for who would be impacted, STG Annie
has a list of all the areas it serves.
The list is in order of which
circuits it would turn off first.
Here's a look at St Genies website.
You can see the circuit starting
with Casa de Oro, Point Loma,
Laguna Hills, Fletcher Hills, and so on.
St Genie says it would begin
cutting power from the first half.
Dozen circuits listed those circuits.
Would be without power for about an hour,
and the next set of circuits would fall out.
Now, I went to Fletcher Hills
today to see how people feel about
the possibility of losing power.
While some were concerned,
I spoke with one woman who
says if it happens,
she'll just make the best of it.
I would light some candles.
I have some flashlights handy.
I'd probably just hang out
with the kids and you know,
we would just talk about these
zombie apocalypse, I think.
As for what you can do to
conserve energy before,
between right now and 9:00 PM, avoid
running your dishwasher or doing laundry.
Also, turn off any unnecessary
lights and if you can,
keep that thermostat at 78 degrees.
However, if those blackouts do occur,
make sure you are prepared so make sure
you know where those flashlights are.
And that woman mentioned candles,
but experts say candles could be dangerous.
Of course, they are a fire hazard,
so they suggest you find out
where those flashlights.
Bar and one other tip is that you
can actually freeze water right now
in your freezer and then have those
bottles or containers of frozen
water available to keep your food
cold just in case the power goes
out and your refrigerator doesn't
have any energy to save that food.
So those are just a few tips to prepare,
but hopefully we will have to.
If everyone does their part.
Shannon,
exactly how will this work?
Will people be notified
before their lights go out?
Will the lights just suddenly
turn off and do we know how
long each rolling blackout?
That lasted for that.
Then moving on to the next neighborhood.
Yeah, so STG, he says it will
alert its customers by phone calls
using us the news or social media.
So hopefully people will get a heads
up before that energy outage occurs,
if it does occur at all.
And as I mentioned earlier,
it should only be for about an hour before
they go on to the next set of circuits.
Now again, this hasn't been declared yet.
At this point we're at a Level 2,
so we got to get to a Level 3 and we won't
get to that level if people can serve,
if you want to check out your.
Specific circuit number to see.
Where do I fall on the list?
It's on your bill.
You can go on to your online account and
we have that list up on our website.
Just go to cbs.com.
All right, Shannon, it's 4:00 o'clock,
so people should start conserving energy now,
only using the things
that they absolutely need.
Again, good advice never to leave.
If you do have to use a candle,
never leave it unattended.
And then also, I guess right now,
maybe just use a little bit of
power to charge your cell phone so
that in case you do lose power,
at least you can keep in touch with your
your progress on your online app. Yes,
Shannon. Handy reporting live.
Shannon, thanks.