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90-degree threshold
Coverage of 90-degree threshold in the Nexus archive.
- California restricts utility shutoffs as dangerous heat ripples across state
California has restricted utility power shutoffs for delinquent customers during dangerous heat, lowering the temperature threshold from 100 to 90 degrees and requiring region-specific heat standards. Utilities missed a deadline for improved safeguards, prompting regulators to impose stronger rules after finding their proposals insufficient to protect public health.