The CPUC is reviewing more than 10,000 applications for exemptions. The CPUC hired Exponent to sort out who's neediest in terms of public health and safety. Exponent has been commissioned by the CPUC to assess which business will be exempt from rolling blackouts for health and safety reasons. For more information, read the Los Angeles Times article . For more information, read the article on the ScienceNews Online website.
Overexertion is the nation's leading cause of workplace injuries.
Yet, it often does not receive the attention it deserves. A recent study by the Liberty Mutual Group listed overexertion, defined as working beyond one's physical capabilities, as the overwhelmingly No. 1 cause of workplace injuries nationwide. Amid predictions that Californians could face dozens of rolling blackouts this summer, state regulators are trying to update a decades-old list of who should be spared if the lights go out. Exponent is sorting through more than 10,000 requests by businesses and government bodies asking state regulators to exempt them from rolling blackouts. For more information, read the article on the Capitol Alert website.