With extreme weather conditions forecasted across the country this week, PG&E and the state's grid operator, the California Independent System Operator, are asking Californians to conserve energy.
CAISO tweeted urging customers to voluntarily conserve energy and gas usage during the evenings to relieve stressed grid conditions in the Midwest, Texas and the Southeast. A polar vortex weather system is bringing severe weather conditions to several states, forcing local utilities to call for rotating electrical outages due to low electricity supplies. CAISO isn't expecting any outages in California.