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Californians asked to conserve power amid brutal heat wave

RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT YEAR TO 2022 - A person is silhouetted under the rising sun on a hot morning Friday, Sept. 2, 2022 in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Brian Melley)

Alex Nowinski and his dog, Greta, float down the cooling water of the American River in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. Californians sweltering in the West's lengthening wave have been asked to reduce air conditioning and cut other electricity use to prevent stress on the state's electrical grid that could lead to rolling blackouts. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

RETRAMISSION TO CORRECT YEAR TO 2022 - A jogger runs over an overpass near Pacific Coast Highway on a hot morning Friday, Sept. 2, 2022 in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Brian Melley)

Rafters float down the cooling water of the American River in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. Californians sweltering in the West's lengthening wave have been asked to reduce air conditioning and cut other electricity use to prevent stress on the state's electrical grid that could lead to rolling blackouts. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Ana Marie Gonzalez, of El Cajon, Calif., holds a melting Popsicle as she sits in shade along Mission Bay, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, in San Diego. Gonzalez and a friend came west for the day to get away from the heat farther east in San Diego County. Californians sweltering in the West's lengthening heat wave have been asked to reduce air conditioning and cut other electricity use again to prevent stress on the state's electrical grid that could lead to rolling blackouts. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Emily Price floats in the cooling water of the American River in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. Californians sweltering in the West's lengthening wave have been asked to reduce air conditioning and cut other electricity use to prevent stress on the state's electrical grid that could lead to rolling blackouts. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT YEAR TO 2022 - A runner is silhouetted under the rising sun on a hot morning Friday, Sept. 2, 2022 in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Brian Melley)

Alex Nowinski and his dog, Greta, join others floating down the cooling water of the American River in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. Californians sweltering in the West's lengthening wave have been asked to reduce air conditioning and cut other electricity use to prevent stress on the state's electrical grid that could lead to rolling blackouts. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

A woman cools off her dog along Mission Bay, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, in San Diego. Californians sweltering in the West's lengthening heat wave have been asked to reduce air conditioning and cut other electricity use again to prevent stress on the state's electrical grid that could lead to rolling blackouts. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Seth Salmond, of Alpine, Calif., cools off under an umbrella along Mission Bay, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, in San Diego. Salmond and his family came west for the day to get away from the heat farther east in San Diego County. Californians sweltering in the West's lengthening heat wave have been asked to reduce air conditioning and cut other electricity use again to prevent stress on the state's electrical grid that could lead to rolling blackouts. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Alex Nowinski and his dog, Greta, float down the cooling water of the American River in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. Californians sweltering in the West's lengthening wave have been asked to reduce air conditioning and cut other electricity use to prevent stress on the state's electrical grid that could lead to rolling blackouts. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Alex Nowinski and his dog, Greta, join others floating down the cooling water of the American River in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. Californians sweltering in the West's lengthening wave have been asked to reduce air conditioning and cut other electricity use to prevent stress on the state's electrical grid that could lead to rolling blackouts. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Alex Nowinski and his dog, Greta, float down the cooling water of the American River in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. Californians sweltering in the West's lengthening wave have been asked to reduce air conditioning and cut other electricity use to prevent stress on the state's electrical grid that could lead to rolling blackouts. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Rafters float down the cooling water of the American River in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. Californians sweltering in the West's lengthening wave have been asked to reduce air conditioning and cut other electricity use to prevent stress on the state's electrical grid that could lead to rolling blackouts. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Emily Price floats in the cooling water of the American River in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. Californians sweltering in the West's lengthening wave have been asked to reduce air conditioning and cut other electricity use to prevent stress on the state's electrical grid that could lead to rolling blackouts. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

A woman walks with a beach umbrella in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Excessive-heat warnings expanded to all of Southern California and northward into the Central Valley on Wednesday, and were predicted to spread into Northern California later in the week. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A man naps under a mist tent in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Excessive-heat warnings expanded to all of Southern California and northward into the Central Valley on Wednesday, and were predicted to spread into Northern California later in the week. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Paskal Pawlicki from My Friends House Foundation, hands a bottle of water to a homeless man in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Excessive-heat warnings expanded to all of Southern California and northward into the Central Valley on Wednesday, and were predicted to spread into Northern California later in the week. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Dorothy O'Bannon wipes her sweat in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Excessive-heat warnings expanded to all of Southern California and northward into the Central Valley on Wednesday, and were predicted to spread into Northern California later in the week. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A homeless man naps on a sidewalk with two bottles water in front of him in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Excessive-heat warnings expanded to all of Southern California and northward into the Central Valley on Wednesday, and were predicted to spread into Northern California later in the week. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Electrical grid towers are seen during a heat wave where temperature reached 105 degrees Fahrenheit, in Pasadena, Calif. on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Operators of California’s power grid called for statewide voluntary conservation of electricity Wednesday as a heat wave spread over the West and they warned that there could be energy shortages if conditions worsen. (AP Photo/John Antczak)

Victor Tejada and his dog cool off with water from a hydrant in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Excessive-heat warnings expanded to all of Southern California and northward into the Central Valley on Wednesday, and were predicted to spread into Northern California later in the week. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Visitors wear swim suits amid triple digit temperatures in various parts of Southern California Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

A shirtless skateboarder sweats amid triple digit temperatures in various parts of Southern California Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

People skate under palm trees amid triple digit temperatures in various parts of Southern California Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

A visitor walks under palm trees amid triple digit temperatures in various parts of Southern California Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

A shirtless skateboarder sweats amid triple digit temperatures in various parts of Southern California Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Louis Spaci, visiting from France, works out, amid triple digit temperatures in various parts of Southern California Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Louis Spaci, visiting from France, works out, amid triple digit temperatures in various parts of Southern California Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Stephanie Williams, 60, cools off with water from a hydrant in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Excessive-heat warnings expanded to all of Southern California and northward into the Central Valley on Wednesday, and were predicted to spread into Northern California later in the week. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Californians asked to conserve power amid brutal heat wave