brownout

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Yukelson also questioned whether the electrical grid can accommodate the additional load, saying that customers are already subjected to blackouts and brownouts during the summer.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s helped that Southern California Edison’s lines are mostly underground and that the port, deemed a vital infrastructure, is exempt from brownouts, an outage resulting from a temporary drop in voltage.

From Los Angeles Times

“If you look at California, it’s got brownouts and blackouts every single day,” he claimed in a campaign video last year.

From Los Angeles Times

Claim: California’s clean energy policies are causing brownouts and grid issues.

From Seattle Times

Critics say wind farm projects are expensive, damage the environment and make the electrical grid less stable and more prone to brownout and blackouts.

From Washington Times