This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California hasn’t issued an emergency plea for the public to conserve energy, known as a Flex Alert, since 2022.

For decades, rolling blackouts and urgent calls for energy conservation were part of life in California — a reluctant summer ritual almost as reliable as the heat waves that drove them. But the state ...

For decades, rolling blackouts and urgent calls for energy conservation were part of life in California — a reluctant summer ritual almost as reliable as the heat waves that drove them. But the state ...