Sweating Over Summer. From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: February 26, 2001| Author: FINE, HOWARD | COPYRIGHT 2001 CBJ, L.P. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Firms Search for Ways To Sidestep Blackouts

Los Angeles-area businesses, staring down the threat of rolling blackouts this summer, are concocting a vast array of strategies in a bid to keep their operations running.

Companies large and small are racing to buy extra generators, install energy-efficient equipment, shift their production hours and mulling a host of other steps to avoid getting caught flatfooted.

"There is some very serious planning goi...

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