Rolling blackouts in California have power experts stumped
Mr Powers is pushing an interesting conspiracy theory in this article, which I haven&#x27;t seen discussed yet. I haven&#x27;t seen anyone else backing it up in other sources, but of course it&#x27;s still early in the reporting on this issue.<p>&gt;In particular, California ISO said two natural gas power plants shut down on Friday and, on Saturday, a wind farm and another gas plant stopped producing power.<p>The state is currently reviewing proposals to extend the operation of old natural gas plants in Southern California. Environmentalists want the plants to remain closed because they use fossil fuels and are cooled using seawater, endangering marine life.<p>“It makes for a compelling story” if you have blackouts because of a lack of power plants, Mr. Powers said. “We know there is no capacity problem,” he said. “Something odd happened.”