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Californians may need to practice energy conservation, such as refraining from charging electric vehicles, over the Labor Day weekend, according to officials—a week after state regulators approved a plan to outlaw the sale of gasoline-powered automobiles.
In an effort to combat climate change, the new regulation, which was passed by the California Air Resources Board, will mandate that all new cars sold in California must be emission-free by 2035.
However, a heat wave is expected to hit California in the coming days, and the grid operator there issued a warning on Tuesday that the extreme heat would strain the energy grid and that conserving energy could be necessary over the holiday weekend to prevent power disruptions.
What impact does this have on the average Californian?