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California faces another day of grid-straining extreme heat

U.S. Postal Service carrier Kristi Angel, right, talks with Frankie Norton, from left, Jim Adkins and Gordon Zeiler as she passes beneath a red awning where the men were seeking shelter from triple-digit temperatures, on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Billings, Mont. Authorities warned of critical fire danger as heavy winds moved into the region. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) A woman hands a boy a frozen water bottle during the second inning of a baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) From left, Frankie Norton, Mimi Nicholas, Jim Adkins and Gordon Zeiler are seen beneath a red awning outside Adkins' auto repair shop seeking shelter from triple-digit temperatures, on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Billings, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) Power transmission towers line a street in Redondo Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. With record demand on power supplies across the West, California snapped its record energy use around 5 p.m. with 52,061 megawatts, far above the previous high of 50,270 megawatts set July 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Los Angeles Angels second baseman David Fletcher (22) and third baseman Matt Duffy (5) towel off in the dugout while right fielder Taylor Ward, right, stands next to a fan during the first inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) A woman cools off in the ocean sparkling in the sunlight in Redondo Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Western states are struggling through one of the hottest and longest September heat waves on record. Temperatures began soaring last week and the National Weather Service warned that dangerous heat could continue through Friday, despite some slight moderation. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Gale Spotted Bear is seen sheltering from record-breaking heat in the shadow of a building along a thoroughfare, on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Billings, Mont. Spotted Bear said he was evicted from his apartment last week and has been spending nights at a crisis center in Montana's largest city as an unusually late heat wave pummels the Northern Plains. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) Sarah Rogowski, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, monitors the weather conditions at the Governor's Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Rogowski is part of the mutual aide response and the National Weather Service is often called upon to be at the CalOES state operations center during weather emergencies. The CalOES coordinates the statewide emergency response to the current heat wave. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Power transmission towers stand near homes in Redondo Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. With record demand on power supplies across the West, California snapped its record energy use around 5 p.m. with 52,061 megawatts, far above the previous high of 50,270 megawatts set July 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) A girl sprays herself with water in the stands during the second inning of a baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) A beachgoer sits in the shade under an umbrella in Redondo Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Western states are struggling through one of the hottest and longest September heat waves on record. Temperatures began soaring last week and the National Weather Service warned that dangerous heat could continue through Friday, despite some slight moderation. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) U.S. Postal Service carrier Kristi Angel, right, talks with Frankie Norton, from left, Jim Adkins and Gordon Zeiler as she passes beneath a red awning where the men were seeking shelter from triple-digit temperatures, on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Billings, Mont. Authorities warned of critical fire danger as heavy winds moved into the region. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) A woman hands a boy a frozen water bottle during the second inning of a baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) From left, Frankie Norton, Mimi Nicholas, Jim Adkins and Gordon Zeiler are seen beneath a red awning outside Adkins' auto repair shop seeking shelter from triple-digit temperatures, on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Billings, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) Power transmission towers line a street in Redondo Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. With record demand on power supplies across the West, California snapped its record energy use around 5 p.m. with 52,061 megawatts, far above the previous high of 50,270 megawatts set July 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Los Angeles Angels second baseman David Fletcher (22) and third baseman Matt Duffy (5) towel off in the dugout while right fielder Taylor Ward, right, stands next to a fan during the first inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) A woman cools off in the ocean sparkling in the sunlight in Redondo Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Western states are struggling through one of the hottest and longest September heat waves on record. Temperatures began soaring last week and the National Weather Service warned that dangerous heat could continue through Friday, despite some slight moderation. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Gale Spotted Bear is seen sheltering from record-breaking heat in the shadow of a building along a thoroughfare, on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Billings, Mont. Spotted Bear said he was evicted from his apartment last week and has been spending nights at a crisis center in Montana's largest city as an unusually late heat wave pummels the Northern Plains. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) Sarah Rogowski, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, monitors the weather conditions at the Governor's Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Rogowski is part of the mutual aide response and the National Weather Service is often called upon to be at the CalOES state operations center during weather emergencies. The CalOES coordinates the statewide emergency response to the current heat wave. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Power transmission towers stand near homes in Redondo Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. With record demand on power supplies across the West, California snapped its record energy use around 5 p.m. with 52,061 megawatts, far above the previous high of 50,270 megawatts set July 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) A girl sprays herself with water in the stands during the second inning of a baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) A beachgoer sits in the shade under an umbrella in Redondo Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Western states are struggling through one of the hottest and longest September heat waves on record. Temperatures began soaring last week and the National Weather Service warned that dangerous heat could continue through Friday, despite some slight moderation. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) U.S. Postal Service carrier Kristi Angel, right, talks with Frankie Norton, from left, Jim Adkins and Gordon Zeiler as she passes beneath a red awning where the men were seeking shelter from triple-digit temperatures, on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Billings, Mont. Authorities warned of critical fire danger as heavy winds moved into the region. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) A woman hands a boy a frozen water bottle during the second inning of a baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) From left, Frankie Norton, Mimi Nicholas, Jim Adkins and Gordon Zeiler are seen beneath a red awning outside Adkins' auto repair shop seeking shelter from triple-digit temperatures, on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Billings, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) Power transmission towers line a street in Redondo Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. With record demand on power supplies across the West, California snapped its record energy use around 5 p.m. with 52,061 megawatts, far above the previous high of 50,270 megawatts set July 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Los Angeles Angels second baseman David Fletcher (22) and third baseman Matt Duffy (5) towel off in the dugout while right fielder Taylor Ward, right, stands next to a fan during the first inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) A woman cools off in the ocean sparkling in the sunlight in Redondo Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Western states are struggling through one of the hottest and longest September heat waves on record. Temperatures began soaring last week and the National Weather Service warned that dangerous heat could continue through Friday, despite some slight moderation. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Gale Spotted Bear is seen sheltering from record-breaking heat in the shadow of a building along a thoroughfare, on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Billings, Mont. Spotted Bear said he was evicted from his apartment last week and has been spending nights at a crisis center in Montana's largest city as an unusually late heat wave pummels the Northern Plains. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) Sarah Rogowski, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, monitors the weather conditions at the Governor's Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Rogowski is part of the mutual aide response and the National Weather Service is often called upon to be at the CalOES state operations center during weather emergencies. The CalOES coordinates the statewide emergency response to the current heat wave. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Power transmission towers stand near homes in Redondo Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. With record demand on power supplies across the West, California snapped its record energy use around 5 p.m. with 52,061 megawatts, far above the previous high of 50,270 megawatts set July 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) A girl sprays herself with water in the stands during the second inning of a baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) A beachgoer sits in the shade under an umbrella in Redondo Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Western states are struggling through one of the hottest and longest September heat waves on record. Temperatures began soaring last week and the National Weather Service warned that dangerous heat could continue through Friday, despite some slight moderation. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) From left, Frankie Norton, Mimi Nicholas, Jim Adkins and Gordon Zeiler are seen beneath a red awning outside Adkins' auto repair shop seeking shelter from triple-digit temperatures, on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Billings, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) Power transmission towers stand near homes in Redondo Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. With record demand on power supplies across the West, California snapped its record energy use around 5 p.m. with 52,061 megawatts, far above the previous high of 50,270 megawatts set July 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Gale Spotted Bear is seen sheltering from record-breaking heat in the shadow of a building along a thoroughfare, on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Billings, Mont. Spotted Bear said he was evicted from his apartment last week and has been spending nights at a crisis center in Montana's largest city as an unusually late heat wave pummels the Northern Plains. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) A weather related sign is posted on the Kim Sing Theatre in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Western states are struggling through one of the hottest and longest September heat waves on record. Temperatures began soaring last week and the National Weather Service warned that dangerous heat could continue through Friday, despite some slight moderation. (AP Photo/John Antczak) Power transmission towers line a street in Redondo Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. With record demand on power supplies across the West, California snapped its record energy use around 5 p.m. with 52,061 megawatts, far above the previous high of 50,270 megawatts set July 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) A weather related sign is posted on the Kim Sing Theatre in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Western states are struggling through one of the hottest and longest September heat waves on record. Temperatures began soaring last week and the National Weather Service warned that dangerous heat could continue through Friday, despite some slight moderation. (AP Photo/John Antczak) Great Salt Lake visitor Olof Wood floats on the water at the Great Salt Lake Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, near Salt Lake City. A blistering heat wave is breaking records in Utah, where temperatures hit 105 degrees Fahrenheit (40.5 degrees Celsius) on Tuesday, making it the hottest September day recorded going back to 1874. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) A couple walks along the receding edge of the water after record low water levels are seen at the Great Salt Lake Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, near Salt Lake City. A blistering heat wave is breaking records in Utah, where temperatures hit 105 degrees Fahrenheit (40.5 degrees Celsius) on Tuesday, making it the hottest September day recorded going back to 1874. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Olof Wood walks across reef-like structures called microbialites, exposed by receding waters at the Great Salt Lake Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, near Salt Lake City. A blistering heat wave is breaking records in Utah, where temperatures hit 105 degrees Fahrenheit (40.5 degrees Celsius) on Tuesday. That is the hottest September day recorded going back to 1874. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Great Salt Lake visitors Benny and Faith Martens float on the water at the Great Salt Lake Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, near Salt Lake City. A blistering heat wave is breaking records in Utah, where temperatures hit 105 degrees Fahrenheit (40.5 degrees Celsius) on Tuesday, making it the hottest September day recorded going back to 1874. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Great Salt Lake visitor Olof Wood floats on the water at the Great Salt Lake Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, near Salt Lake City. A blistering heat wave is breaking records in Utah, where temperatures hit 105 degrees Fahrenheit (40.5 degrees Celsius) on Tuesday. That is the hottest September day recorded going back to 1874. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) A couple walks along the receding edge of the water after record low water levels are seen at the Great Salt Lake Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, near Salt Lake City. A blistering heat wave is breaking records in Utah, where temperatures hit 105 degrees Fahrenheit (40.5 degrees Celsius) on Tuesday. That is the hottest September day recorded going back to 1874. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Olof Wood walks across reef-like structures called microbialites, exposed by receding waters at the Great Salt Lake Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, near Salt Lake City. A blistering heat wave is breaking records in Utah, where temperatures hit 105 degrees Fahrenheit (40.5 degrees Celsius) on Tuesday. That is the hottest September day recorded going back to 1874. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Olof Wood walks across reef-like structures called microbialites, exposed by receding waters at the Great Salt Lake Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, near Salt Lake City. A blistering heat wave is breaking records in Utah, where temperatures hit 105 degrees Fahrenheit (40.5 degrees Celsius) on Tuesday, making it the hottest September day recorded going back to 1874. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) The suns peaks over the California Public Employees Retirement System's building in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. Due to the recent heat wave CalPERS employees were sent home to conserve energy. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Pulling a cart filled with bottled water and snacks Kim Burrell, left, and Debbie Chang, right, walk the streets of Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The pair have taken it upon themselves to pass out water and snacks to those they find in need on the streets. Temperatures in the Sacramento area are expected to reach record highs Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Debbie Chang, left, and Kim Burrell, right, load bottled water into a cart to be distributed to people on the street in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The pair passed out water and snacks to those they find in need on the streets. Temperatures in the Sacramento area are forecasted to reach record highs Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Debbie Chang, right, hands a bottle of water to a man on the street in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. Chang and Kim Burrell, unseen, passed out water and snacks to those they find in need on the streets. Temperatures in the Sacramento area are forecasted to reach record highs Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Freddie Ramirez, left, is handed a bottle of water from Kim Burrell, in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. Burrell and Debbie Chang, right, passed out water and snacks to those they find in need on the streets. Temperatures in the Sacramento area are forecasted to reach record highs Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Freddie Ramirez, left, is handed a bottle of water from Kim Burrell, in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. Burrell and Debbie Chang, unseen, passed out water and snacks to those they find in need on the streets. Temperatures in the Sacramento area are forecasted to reach record highs Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) A man creates giant soap suds bubbles at dawn Monday, Sept. 5, on the Manhattan Beach Pier in Manhattan Beach, Calif., as a severe heat wave gripped the state. Most of California's 39 million people are facing sweltering weather. (AP Photo/John Antczak)
California faces another day of grid-straining extreme heat