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Comment by bryanlarsen

3 days ago

California? The state that hasn't had a blackout since 2020, the state with the lowest wholesale electricity cost, by far?

https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/30/california-lowest-whole...

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idiotsecant  2 days ago

California doesn't have rolling blackouts because they created an entire energy market expressly devoted to feeding carbon intensive power into california to cover the many, many, many required MWh that californian solar can't address. This isn't a matter of opinion, you can look at the CAISO power flow statistics online.

  • bryanlarsen  2 days ago

    Yes, California is a good model for a modern grid. Lots of natural gas capacity, very little natural gas usage.

    > many, many, many required MWh

    Many MW, few MWh.

  • toomuchtodo  2 days ago

    Your comments are in direct contradiction with easily accessible facts on California’s generation mix.

    • idiotsecant  2 days ago

      As of this moment less than 20% of California's load is satisfied by renewables, per the CAISO website. What facts, exactly, are you trying to point out?

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