Tens of thousands of Californians without power despite state narrowly avoiding rolling outages

Californians very narrowly dodged rotating outages on Tuesday as the state's grid operator said outages "could be imminent." The California Independent System Operator, or Cal ISO, said it ended at 8 p.m. its stage 3 energy alert, its highest alert issued before ordering blackouts. This is only issued when demand for energy is expected to outpace actual supply. The agency cited consumers saving energy as a big part of avoiding outages. Tuesday was another scorching day, with record-high temperatures, which led to a massive spike in demand.