Text size Kevin Frayer / Getty Images Brands responded calmly to the recent escalation of the Trump administration’s war on Chinese telecom giant Huawei. Maybe too calm. U.S. Commerce Department regulations issued Aug. 17 will in theory prevent Huawei from purchasing any hardware or software that has all inputs of …
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After a weekend of wild and burning weather, California residents were warned Sunday to step in for Wednesday’s chance to shine. More than 200,000 PG&E Corp. PCG, -2.18% customers in Northern California on Saturday lost power in the state’s first sequence of rolling blackouts since the Enron-fueled statewide energy crisis …
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Record temperatures during the day turned into a rotating power outage for hundreds of thousands across the Bay Area Friday night. The outages were expected to last at least 11 hours, and about an hour per affected neighborhood, according to a tweet from PG&E. The electrical emergency condition 3 of …
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Rotating outages were underway Friday after a Stage 3 emergency went into action due to higher demand for power. Edison of Southern California said against the direction of the California Independent System Administrator, they implemented rotating power outages. According to SCE, the rotating outages typically take about an hour. Just …
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Text size JOSH EDELSON / AFP via Getty Images Centrica’s shares soared more than 17% after it agreed to sell Direct Energy, its North American energy business, to NRG Energy for $ 3.6 billion in cash. Houston-based Direct Energy provides electricity, natural gas, and home services to consumers and businesses …
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