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The city utility in Vernon, California thought it had bought plenty of power, but then got blacked out anyway.
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City Administrator Bruce V. Malkenhorst, of Vernon, California, joined with his city utility director Kenneth J. DeDario, and exchanged a series of letters with Terry Winter, president and CEO of the California Independent System Operator, and others, on the subject of rolling blackouts.
Fortnightly Magazine - June 1 2001
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June 1, 2001

Dear ISO: Why Me?

 

The city utility in Vernon, California thought it had bought plenty of power, but then got blacked out anyway.

March 19, 2001
Dear Mr. Winter:

Recently, we have noticed articles in the newspaper describing attempts being made by many agencies to obtain exemption from such rotating blackouts [called by the California ISO] ...

It seems apparent that the rotating blackouts that are occurring today were instigated primarily by the fact that the two investor-owned utilities ... have allowed their credit to lapse ...

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