Wacky

The Grinch Is Alive and Well and Living at the CAl-ISO

In this wacky energy year in California, the state-charteredelectricity transmission grid operator, Cal-ISO, Tuesday upstagedone of the hit holiday movies by releasing its own version of Dr.Seuss’ classic “The Grinch That Stole Christmas.” The state’snonprofit traffic cop for electrons shocked Californians with arequest that they cutback on their use of holiday lights,restricting their use to nonpeak hours.

December 6, 2000