

We haven't done that since 2006."ĪESO will now review what happened. We made a request to utilities to reduce their demand and that's very unusual.

"To see the high temperature and the high load combined with six, the number six, is a little bit unusual. "We see multiple outages from time to time, that's not in itself unusual," Simpson said. Hot and humid weather Monday pushed demand on the province's electrical system to record highs, according to a news release from the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO).ĭoug Simpson, director of market operations for AESO, said six power generators went off-line Monday, and those shutdowns combined with heavy demand led to rolling blackouts across the province. Lisa got hit in the face by a football, referencing the episode " The Subject Was Noses".Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer and Lethbridge have been hit by rolling blackouts because of heavy demand on the power grid caused by the first heat wave of the summer. Homer was dressed as Mike, Marge was dressed as Carol, Bart was dressed as Greg, Lisa was dressed as Marcia, and Maggie was dressed as Cindy. The Simpsons were seen, running into the house and getting in position of the iconic Brady staircase.
