California asks Biden administration to allow gas plants to run at maximum [Environmental hypocrites have been shutting down nuclear power plants, and now want to increase the use of fossil fuels]

Reuters via yahoo.com ^ | September 9, 2021

[grundle]

(Reuters) - California's grid operator has asked the Biden administration to allow some natural gas power plants to operate without pollution restrictions for 60 days to shore up the state's tight electricity supplies, the U.S. Energy Department said on Thursday.

The California Independent System Operator (CAISO), which is seeking an emergency order by Sept. 10, made the ask in a Sept. 7 letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm. The agency is reviewing the request, an official said.

The state is increasingly relying on large amounts of wind and solar energy that only run when the wind is blowing or the sun is shining.

[grundle]

The article doesn't mention this, but California has been shutting down its nuclear power plants, which are the cleanest, most environmentally friendly way to produce electricity.

"The Diablo Canyon Power Plant has been the only nuclear power station in California since the closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in 2013. Due to the changing dynamics of electricity generation in California, Diablo Canyon is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2025."

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_California#Nuclear

[Fester Chugabrew]

The state is increasingly relying on large amounts of wind and solar energy that only run when the wind is blowing or the sun is shining.

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Sheer brilliance.

[Richard Axtell]

People have to run their home generators on something. PG&E offers nothing but Brown and Blackouts. Newsom is so tiresom.

[CMAC51]

Texas made this request during the week of freeze. If they were allowed to run gas plants at max for 7 days, there would have been no issues with the grid. The Biden admin said you can but you must pay a penalty, which was so large it was beyond the grid operators ability to say yes. The result was people dying. I will be very interested to see what the Biden admin response is for a blue state.

[DoughtyOne]

The article may cover it.

They have blocked natural gas in new construction homes in
CA also.

Brilliant, when you have nothing to replace it.

All this environmental shutdown to prevent fires, is nothing
more than smoke and mirrors.

When the temperature rises there is need for electricity.

All they have to do it blame high winds which naturally
occur in hot weather, and they conveniently have more
power to redirect, while the unsuspecting public sits in
the dark.

[RetiredTexasVet]

“The state is increasingly relying on large amounts of wind and solar energy that only run when the wind is blowing or the sun is shining.”

I hope the State has conveyed this “revelation” to the High Commissioner of Energy in the Biden clown show.

[Yollopoliuhqui]

Molten salt nuclear power NOW!

[frank ballenger]

The result was people dying

Not a good thing for a government official to do. According Compensation by Ralph Waldo Emerson what he has done that resulted in deaths is part of the great cycle of actions and reactions as explained in his essay. All of us can simply watch as observers.

Brian Tracy website summarized it: ...." that each person is compensated in like manner for that which he or she has contributed. The Law of Compensation is another restatement of the Law of Sowing and Reaping."

[GOP Poet]

bookmark

[Chode]

to shore up the state’s tight electricity supplies???

i’d think peak demand would be over by now... WTH?

[ptsal]

Wonder if the Feds will treat California in the same manner they treated Texas last February?

[blueplum]

how about....

California evict all the illegals

and, by doing that, will cut power usage by 50%

[SunkenCiv]

• New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Signs Law Requiring Zero-Emission Vehicles By 2035 [09/09/2021]
• Report: Solar could power 40% of US electricity by 2035 [09/08/2021]
• Biden: "By 2020 [we're going to] make sure all of our electricity is zero emissions" [09/07/2021]
• White House blames Big Meat for rising prices, alleges ‘profiteering' [09/09/2021]
• Climate change: Animals shapeshifting to stay cool, study says [09/08/2021]
• Governor Walz Surrenders to Environmental Jihadists [09/07/2021]
• Big chill for climate doom: Arctic Sea ice is expanding [09/09/2021]
• US, China stuck in a loop spinning out of control -- Chinese officials used climate envoy John Kerry's visit as occasion to snub cooperation and call on US to 'rectify wrongdoings' [09/08/2021]

[Revolutionary]

Sure. Starting on the 15th.

[markman46]

you got that right D1, right in the central valley its 106, my A/C has been running all day at 78-80. can’t wait for PGE to turn the power off.

[Left2Right]

Cali is rapidly becoming a 3rd world country.

[NetAddicted]

Read later.

[5th MEB]

And GRABBIN GREUSOM is terrified of wide spread power outages just before his WELL DISERVED RECALL!

GO LARRY ELDER!!!!

[lepton]

California’s grid operator has asked the Biden administration to allow some natural gas power plants to operate without pollution restrictions for 60 days to shore up the state’s tight electricity supplies, the U.S. Energy Department said on Thursday.

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Make them abide by the same rules as Texas. They can do that only as long as there is no purchasable power available (at any price)...at which point they can *apply* for their waiver to be enforced by the EPA and wait for the EPA to confirm.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

September and October are often very hot in California. It doesn’t cool down until mid to late October. If we are luck, rains start in early November.