At least a dozen trees came down in San Francisco, police officer John Tozzini told KGO-TV, which reported that more than 20, 000 utility customers lost power in the region.
Hurricanes and blizzards have been forcing millions to go without electric power, making utility customers more appreciative of the services they often take for granted.
More than 86, 000 utility customers were without power.
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"This partnership with NRG Solar and the DOE represents a major milestone in delivering 250 megawatts of clean, renewable solar power to California's electricity customers, " said Howard Wenger, president of the utility and power plants business group at SunPower.
Some flooding also was reported in North Carolina, where 13, 000 utility customers were reported without power Thursday after high winds and heavy rains swept toward the coast.
All but 20, 000 of its 5.3 million customers have their power usage beamed directly to the utility.
The total amount of coal sold to utility customers was not significantly impacted during the economic downturn as utility coal is used in power plants for generating electricity, the demand for which is largely inelastic.
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On Long Island, more than 800, 000 customers lost power, a new record for the local utility.
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The storm isn't expected to be the epic event of last week, which dropped up to 3 feet of snow on some areas and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of utility customers.
For example, many electric utility companies only learn about power outages because customers call and complain that the lights have gone off.
Customers typically continue to buy about 30% of their power from the local utility.
Manhattan and Westchester county were particularly hard hit, the utility said, with more than 150, 000 customers without power in Manhattan as of 1 AM.
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Some of IBM's first customers for the new style of selling include Levi Strauss, Mobil Travel Guides...and IBM itself, which is loading up on z990s so it can sell computing power from its data centers on a utility basis to smaller customers.
Utility Con Edison noted over 3, 600 customers were without electrical power, and announced they secured over 700 external contractors in order to try to keep its services running.
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It is all part of an overall program of "missionary work, " in Zeitler's words, to get customers consolidating their gear and buying computing power as if it were electricity from a utility.
Approximately 450, 000 customers of the Long Island Power Authority (Lipa) were still without power on Saturday, the utility said.
Dooley's group is particularly peeved that Georgia lawmakers are allowing the utility to charge its customers for the project's finance costs before it produces power.
It is likely to take several days to restore power to all 250, 000 of its customers affected by outages along the Massachusetts coast, utility NStar said.
Customers served by underground lines in Brooklyn and Manhattan are likely to have their power restored within four days, the utility said, but it could take at least a week before all power in the city is restored.
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