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Wednesday January 17 3:00 PM ET California Triggers Blackouts Due Power Shortage

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Electricity was shut off to parts of California on Wednesday as electricity demand overwhelmed supplies, triggering rolling outages in a desperate bid by power companies to avoid toppling the overloaded grid.

``We've asked for rotating outages in the PG&E territory,'' said a spokesman for the California Independent System Operator (ISO), which manages most of the state transmission grid.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. serves about 13 million people in Northern and Central California.

ISO officials warned the blackouts, which cut electrical service to entire neighborhoods for about an hour at a time, could last through the evening.

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