Some in Calif. seek ice to ease crunch (AP)

LOS ANGELES - City and utility officials throughout Southern California are eyeing a new system that relies on ice to store energy for air conditioners as a possible way to cut peak commercial consumption and reduce the threat of crippling blackouts. "There's an old saying, a kilowatt saved is more valuable than a kilowatt built," said Bill Carnahan, executive director of the Southern California Public Power Authority, an organization of municipal power agencies. Cutting power use now could delay ...