Thunderstorms have, in the past, caused rolling blackouts and loss of reception.

This time it was no rolling blackout; it was a full-fledged power failure.

But instead of confronting rolling blackouts like those imposed elsewhere in California, the county is facing financial troubles arising from the energy crisis.

Still, the state was on the verge of imposing rolling blackouts of homes and businesses.

In February, a deep freeze knocked numerous power plants out of commission as equipment broke, causing rolling blackouts across the state.

The rolling blackouts lasted for two to three hours in each area and were planned to affect only residential areas.

The rolling blackouts in the summers of 2006 and 2007 were caused by extreme high temperatures.

Power generation is however not meeting demand an rolling blackouts are scheduled routinely.

It was completed on October 11, 2000, but News10 decided to debut it later because of the rolling blackouts at that time.

This program has the objective of targeting subsidies to the poor on a geographical basis and implementing rolling blackouts in a more organized fashion.