Site includes updates on daily power shortages .
Provides tips for consumers on how to conserve energy. From the Sacramento Bee. From the U.S. Department of Energy. The question would have been absurd just a few months ago and even now the notion seems surreal, given the possible consequences. Inviting even more blackouts inevitably would hurt businesses and frustrate consumers, threatening to further depress California's already slumping economy - the sixth largest in the world.