What’s happening: At the height of record-breaking power outages in the midst of a heat wave in California, lawmakers from the state are posting advisories for their constituents, giving guidance to residents on how to conserve energy to avoid overworking the power grid. And Republicans are blaming Democrats’ energy policies. …
But Republicans have been attacking Democratic responses and tying them to other energy policies Democrats have supported — specifically the future ban California’s air regulator is poised to institute on gasoline-powered vehicles. Rolling blackouts in California during the hottest months have occurred over the past few years, which experts have attributed to record-breaking heat and the shutdown of fossil-fuel power plants without enough energy resources to replace them.
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