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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
California says it needs more power to keep the lights on
2022-05-08
[Rooters] Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, energy officials on Friday issued a sober forecast for the state's electrical grid, saying it lacks sufficient capacity to keep the lights on this summer and beyond if heatwaves, wildfires or other extreme events take their toll.

The update from leaders from three state agencies and the office of Governor Gavin can't be Bee'd Newsom
...mayor of San Franciscoas it transformed itself into Poopville, currently governor of Californiaas it transforms itself into Cinderland...
 comes in response to a string of challenges with the ambitious transition away from fossil fuels, including rolling blackouts during a summer heat wave in 2020.

California has among the most aggressive climate change policies in the world, including a goal of producing all of its electricity from carbon-free sources by 2045.

In an online briefing with news hounds, the officials forecast a potential shortfall of 1,700 megawatts this year, a number that could go as high as 5,000 MW if the grid is taxed by multiple challenges that reduce available power while sending demand soaring, state officials said during an online briefing with news hounds.

Supply gaps along those lines could leave between 1 million and 4 million people without power. Outages will only happen under extreme conditions, officials cautioned, and will depend in part on the success of conservation measures.

Posted by:Fred

#10  AZ can send them power in return for a binding promise no blue voters will move from CA to AZ.

Oh, and pay for the power, of course.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-05-08 08:53  

#9  
Doing a little digging ...
California has around 118 power plants.
Many will have scheduled outages for extended maintenance or up CAL EPA required updates lasting 1+ year, over the next 10 years.

Cal. protested and forced cancelation of 13+ Nuke Power Plants in the last 15 years. Even the LA TIMES warned back 2019, if they kept shutting down power plants and not building new ones, there would be a serious energy shortage.

The California "Clean Energy" political agenda was killed by the Clean Affordable Energy political agenda promises.
It seems Natural Gas Power plants owners could not make enough using "Clean Energy" California politically regulated prices to operate the NG plants.

All this is boils down to Touchy-Feely, Tree-hugging, Earth 1st types. Being followed without looking at the likely repercussions back the road.



Posted by: NN2N1   2022-05-08 08:47  

#8  Man, that sure is a shame. We'd like to help you, but we just don't care. Hell, we think it's all funny and cute yer begging for power.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2022-05-08 08:43  

#7  I think lots of fairies have trouble building up any pressure...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-05-08 08:09  

#6  Tough shit. Get more from the fairy farts you worship.
Posted by: DarthVader   2022-05-08 08:05  

#5  /\ Captain Kirk meets President Biden.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-05-08 07:22  

#4  "Captin, I canna give ya any more, or she'll blow..."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-05-08 07:19  

#3  However, CA pols believe in magic. They certainly don't believe in technology to deliver the energy they crave.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-05-08 06:50  

#2  And they want everybody to switch to electric cars! Doesn't do much good if they cannot recharge their cars.
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2022-05-08 03:47  

#1  Reuters doesn't say it but there are two crucial details

- California imports 20 too 30% of its electricity

- In the summer, after the sun goes down and it is still hot, electricity generated from solar goes off but the demand for A/C is still high until well after midnight. During this period, California imports as much as 40-50% of its electricity.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2022-05-08 00:39  

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