A slow-down by maintenance workers at the Israel Electric Company has been causing a series of blackouts in Israel, sometimes for a half-hour at a time. With the supply of electricity dropping at a time when there is peak use because of the hot weather, the electric company has to cut off various areas from time to time.
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