SoCal may face Electricity Shortages

About once a month, it seems there is another report predicting a lights-out summer for Southern California. The latest comes from the California Public Utilities Commission:

Southern California may have a tough time keeping the lights on next summer, state energy officials said Friday.

Officials from the California Public Utilities Commission and the operator of the state's transmission grid said a combination of growing demand for power, aging generating plants and not enough transmission lines could dim lights in the region.

Between NIMBYs and Environmentalists who claim that alternative energy holds all the solutions for the State, it wouldn't surprise me if we keep hearing such dire predictions for years to come.