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Update
A huge "thank you" to a reader who fact-checked this for me.
The above screenshot was sent to me by a trusted reader but no date was provided for the actual news article. The date for the file photo was July 25, 2019.
It turns out the AP fact-checked this and the story is accurate.
But most interesting, this occurred even earlier than I thought. The EV-risk to the California grid apparently occurred even earlier, back in the June, 2021 heat wave.
AP'S ASSESSMENT: Missing context. The headline being shared was from a June 2021 heat wave — not mid-March 2022 — and was a voluntary recommendation that residents charge electric vehicles and do other activities outside of certain peak periods.
The link is to a Fox source (FOXLA) and the google app generally doesn't allow link to Fox.
So far, here in Texas, we haven't had similar alerts despite a record-breaking heat wave this weekend.
Huge thanks for a reader catching this, fact-checking and confirming, not only that it was accurate but it occurred last year.
Again, my usual disclaimer.
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